English → Latin
“rote” in Latin
ēdiscōto learn by heart; to study, get acquainted with a subjecttrādōto hand over, give up, deliver, transmit, surrender; impart; entrust, confide; to leave behind, bequeath; to give up or committōto join together, unite, connect, put together; to practise or perpetrate wrong, do injustice; commit a crime; to beginīnfīgōto fasten, fix, implantrecitōto read aloud, recite; to appoint, name (in writing)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
rote
to learn by rote, ediscere: memoriae mandare, tradere, committere, infigere. To say by rote, memoriter pronunciare, recitare; ex memoria exponere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for rote?
- The usual Latin words for “rote” are ēdiscō, trādō, committō; also īnfīgō, recitō. 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.