English → Latin
“species” in Latin
parsa part, portion, piece, share; pars ... pars ..., some ... others ...; a party, fraction, sidespeciēsseeing, view, look; spectacle, sight; external appearance, looks; general outline or shapefōrmaform; figure, shape, appearance; fine form; beauty; outline, plan, design
The English word species itself goes back to Latin speciō, through speciēs.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
species
pars (opposed to genus; Cic., De Invent., 1, 28, 42, genus est, quod partes aliquas amplectitur, ut cupiditas; pars est, quae subest generi, ut amor); more rarely, species (in logic): species (Cic., Top., 7, 31; in natural history): forma.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for species?
- The usual Latin words for “species” are pars, speciēs, fōrma. 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.