English → Latin
“research” in Latin
quaestiōproblem; seeking, search; inquiry, investigation, questioning, questioninquīsītiōsearch, inquiry, examination, investigation; collecting of evidencecognitiōlearning, study (acquisition of knowledge); knowledge, cognition, cognizance; investigation, judicial examination, inquiinvestīgātiōinquiry, investigation; research, searchindāgātiōtracking; investigationexplōrātiōan examination, exploration; spyinginvestīgōto track or trace out, search after; to discover, investigate, search intoscrūtorto search carefully, search into or out, examine thoroughly, explore a thing, investigate; to seek forperscrūtorto search (high and low); to examine or investigate (thoroughly)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
research
quaestio: inquisitio: cognitio (inquiry): investigatio: indagatio: exploratio (investigation). To make research, quaerere aliquid or de aliqua re: inquirere in aliquid: investigari, scrutari, perscrutari, explorare aliquid. Our researches on this subject led to nothing satisfactory, nos nihil de eo percunctationibus reperiebamus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for research?
- The usual Latin words for “research” are quaestiō, inquīsītiō, cognitiō; also investīgātiō, indāgātiō, explōrātiō. 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.