English → Latin
“scientific” in Latin
arsart, skill, craft, handicraft; trade, occupation, employment; cunning, artifice, fraud, stratagemlitteraletter (of the alphabet); handwriting; letter, epistleērudītiōThat which removes one from ignorance whether instruction, education or erudition, learning, knowledgedoctrīnateaching, instruction; learning, erudition; doctrine, theoryrevocōto recall (troops, etc.), to call back; to withdraw; to revive
The English word scientific itself goes back to Latin sciō, through scientificus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
scientific
quod in artibus versatur; or by the genitive, artis, artium, or litterarum. Scientific precepts or rules, artis praecepta. A scientific discourse or lecture, sermo de artium studiis atque doctrina habitus. Scientific training, eruditio: doctrina. To give a scientific form to anything, ad artem redigere, revocare; arte concludere aliquid
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for scientific?
- The usual Latin words for “scientific” are ars, littera, ērudītiō; also doctrīna, revocō. 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.