English → Latin
“sum” in Latin
summatop, summit, highest point or place; the principal or main thing; sum, summary, totalcaputthe head (of humans and animals); head; top; summit; point; end; extremity (beginning or end); origin; source; spring; hsummŭlaa small sumgrandisfull-grown, grown up; large, great, grand, lofty, big; powerful
The English word sum itself goes back to Latin summus, through summa.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sum s.
An amount, summa. A small sum, summula: a large sum of money, magna pecuniae summa; pecunia magna or grandis.
Whole contents, summa: caput. The sum of all, summa summarum; Vid: also SUBSTANCE, SUMMARY.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sum?
- The usual Latin words for “sum” are summa, caput, summŭla; also grandis. 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.