English → Latin
“style” in Latin
stilusa stake, pale, spike; a stylus or pencil used for writing on waxen tabletsgenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type, class; species (general classification, as of living things), taxon (of aniratiōreason, reasoning, explanation, ground, motive, rationality, rationale, purpose; calculation, account, accounting, reckodīcōto say, talk, speak, utter, mention; to declare, state; to tellscrībōto writeōrātiōspeech, discourse, language; the power of speech; manner or style of speakingsermōa conversation, discussion; a rumor, diction, speech, talk, discourse; a language, manner of speakingvetusold, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing; former, previousrecēnsnew, recent, lately, newly, green, refreshed; fresh, lively; young, just whelpednōminōto name, give a name to, call by name; to make famous; to nominate for office
The English word style itself goes back to Latin stilus, through stylus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
style s.
Instrument used in writing, stilus.
Manner, mode, genus: ratio. The ancient style of architecture, antiquum structurae genus: the old or new style of the calendar, veterum, recentiorum, spatia temporis finiendi ratio.
Manner of speaking or writing, dicendi, or scribendi, genus: orationis, or sermonis, genus: oratio: sermo. A flowery style, fusum orationis genus: historical style, genus historicum: a book in Xenophon’s style, liber conscriptus Xenophontis genere sermonis (☞ stilus denotes the characteristic manner, or style, of a single writer; therefore stilus Latinus, Graecus, is not good Latin).
style v.
nominare: appellare: vocare: dicere. Vid: CALL.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for style?
- The usual Latin words for “style” are stilus, genus, ratiō; also dīcō, scrībō, ōrātiō. 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.