English → Latin
“repetition” in Latin
repetītiōrepetition; reclamationiterātiōa repetition, iteration; a manumission granted to a freedman by which he received Roman citizenship.redintegrātiōa renewal, a restoration, a repetition
The English word repetition itself goes back to Latin petō, through repetitionem.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
repetition
repetitio (repetition of a word, statement, etc., in speaking or writing; in Cic. only of the rhetorical repetition of it = ἀναφορά): iteratio: redintegratio (e.g., ejusdem verbi, Auct., ad Her., 4, 28: ☞ not reiteratio).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for repetition?
- The usual Latin words for “repetition” are repetītiō, iterātiō, redintegrātiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.