English → Latin
“round” in Latin
rotundusround, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded, perfectglobōsusspherical, globularorbiculātusrounded, circular, orbiculateterōto rub or triturate; to wear away or wear out, consume; to treadrotundōto round off (make round)conglobōto gather into a ball; to accumulate; to crowd togethersolidusdense, solid, not hollow; whole, entire, thorough, full; firmcircusa circular line or orbit; circle, ring; a racecourse or space where games are held, especially one that is round; the spcircāaround; about; on both sidescircumequitōto ride around on horseback
The English word round itself goes back to Latin rotundus, through retundus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
round adj.
rotundus (general term): globosus (globular): orbiculatus (circular): teres (cylindrical, rounded [not square], said of long bodies). To make round, rotundare: corrotundare. To take a round form, se rotundare, or rotundari; conglobari; conglobari undique aequaliter. A round number, numerus par (equal number): solidum (a whole). A good round sum, magna pecuniae summa, or nummi non mediocris summae.
round
preposition and adverb (of local surrounding) circum; circa (for the difference between these words, Vid: ABOUT. ☞ Circumcirca, round about, does not belong to classical prose, which uses instead of it circum et circa): round in a circle, in gyrum: round in succession, in orbem: all round, totus circum: in circuitu. Often by circum in composition: to ride round, circumequitare or equo circumvehi (locum): to roll round, circumvolvere (transitively), circumvolvi (intransitively). Sometimes by per: to wander round, pervagari (locum): to look round, circumspicere: circumspectare: oculos circumferre: perlustrare (omnia, etc.): to look round in a threatening way, oculos minaciter circumferre: to dig a trench round a city, oppidum fossa (vallo fossaque) circumdare.
round v.
rotundare: to round itself, se rotundare or rotundari; conglobari (spherical). To round itself equally on all sides, conglobari undique aequaliter.
Figuratively, to round a sentence, sententiam, ordine verborum paullo commutato, in quadrum redigere (Cic., Or., 70, 233). The rounding of a sentence, verborum apta et quasi rotunda constructio; structura (☞ not circumscriptio in this sense): rounded, rotundatus (made round): rotundus (round): conglobatus (like a ball): figuratively, of speech, quasi rotundus. A sentence is PROP. rounded, forma concinnitasque verborum facit orbem suum (Cic., Or., 44, 149).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for round?
- The usual Latin words for “round” are rotundus, globōsus, orbiculātus; also terō, rotundō, conglobō. 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.