English → Latin
“resurrection” in Latin
revocātiōrecallingLactantiusA masculine cognomen — famously held bydiēsA solar or sidereal day of about 24 hours, especially (historical) Roman dates reckoned from one midnight to the next.;
The English word resurrection itself goes back to Latin surgō, through resurrēctiōnem.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
resurrection
resurrectio mortuorum (Lactantius, to be retained as a technical term): excitatio a mortuis, revocatio in vitam do not meet the Christian notion. “I am the resurrection and the life”: Kraft gives ego sum vitae aeternae auctor et parens; but, in quoting the Bible, the literal interpretation must be kept, which is by no means adequately expressed by the substitute recommended. “The Resurrection at the last day” dies, quo in vitam redibunt mortui (Kraft); better *dies, quo corpora hominum in vitam redibunt; *dies quo Deus jubebit manes (better corpora) exire ex sepulcris (after Ov., Met., 7, 206). “The day of our Lord’s resurrection,” *dies Christo a morte redeunti sacer.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for resurrection?
- The usual Latin words for “resurrection” are revocātiō, Lactantius, diēs. 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.