What is the Latin word for short-hand?

The usual Latin words for “short-hand” are notō, notārius, nōtus; also Astrōn. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“short-hand” in Latin

notōto mark, make a mark; to write, especially in shorthand; to write remarks or notes notāriusa clerk, secretary; a notary nōtusfamiliar, customary, in common use; widely known, famous, well-known; of great renown, illustrious, celebrated, notoriou Astrōna river in Aeolis, mentioned by Pliny

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

short-hand

ars dicta or dictata velocissime excipiendi (after Suet., Tit., 3): *tachygraphia (technical term): scripturae compendium. To write in short-hand, notare (opposed to perscribere): to take down in short-hand, per compendia excipere aliquid (e.g., cursim loquentis voces, Cic., Manil., 4, 198); notis excipere aliquid. (Prudentius uses punctis dicta praepetibus sequi, and notare verba fictis signis. ☞ Abbreviare is low Latin: per notas scribere has a different meaning.) A short-hand writer, notarius (one who lakes down a speech, etc., by the use of certain contractions, notae; called poetically, by Manil., Astron., 4, 160, scriptor velox: ☞ Notarius velox it not Latin, ☞ commentators on Plin., Ep., 3, 5, 15; Gesner, Chrestom., Plin., p. 11, sq.): actuarius (one who takes notes of speeches delivered in a court; Vid: Suet., Caes., 55): scriptor velox, cui littera verbum est (†).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for short-hand?: The usual Latin words for “short-hand” are notō, notārius, nōtus; also Astrōn. 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.