English → Latin
“score” in Latin
nōtusfamiliar, customary, in common use; widely known, famous, well-known; of great renown, illustrious, celebrated, notoriouratiōreason, reasoning, explanation, ground, motive, rationality, rationale, purpose; calculation, account, accounting, reckosymbŏlaa contributionvīgintītwenty (20)vīcēnitwenty each
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
score s.
A mark of number, nota.
An account, ratio.
The cost of an entertainment, sumtus comissationis (not compotationis). To pay a score, comissationis sumtus facere (PROP.); quod alii intriverunt exedere (figuratively).
An individual’s share of the whole expense, symbola: to pay one’s score, symbolam solvere; pro hospitio soivere (at an inn).
Twenty, viginti; viceni (distributive).
In music, *summa omnium vocum: *vocum (musicarum) omnium designatio
score v.
incisuris distinguere. To score or mark a line under, *lineam ducere subter aliquid; *linea conspicuum reddere aliquid: (☞ not linea subnotare aliquid in this sense, which = to write anything upon a line, Apul.)
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for score?
- The usual Latin words for “score” are nōtus, ratiō, symbŏla; also vīgintī, vīcēni. 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.