English → Latin
“sermon” in Latin
asperrough, uneven, coarse; unrefined, rude; sharp, newly mintedācersharp, sour, bitter, pungent; keen, sharp, acute, sagacious; energetic, active, vigorousaudiōto hear, listen to; to attend, pay attention to; to accept, agree with, obey
The English word sermon itself goes back to Latin sermō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sermon
*oratio quae de rebus divinis habetur; *oratio de rebus divinis habita (but not concio sacra). A sermon on a gospel, or an epistle, *ratio, qua explanatur pericope evangelica, epistolica: to preach a sermon [Vid: To PREACH]: to attend or hear a sermon, *orationem, quae de rebus divinis habetur, audire: to attend sermons constantly, *numquam a Christianorum sacris abesse.
ImPROP., *oratio severa, aspera, or acris: verborum castigatio. To preach anybody a sermon, aliquem verbis castigare; graviter invehi in aliquem; aliquem graviter monere (i. e., to rebuke severely).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sermon?
- The usual Latin words for “sermon” are asper, ācer, audiō. 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.