English → Latin
“surveyor” in Latin
mēnsormeasurer; architect; engineerdecempedātorland-surveyor (who used a ten-foot measuring-pole)fīniōto finish, terminate; to set, appoint; to limit, boundmētorto measure, mete or mark outgeōmetrēsgeometer, geometricianmetōto reap, harvest; to cut, crop or snip off; to cut through, sever
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
surveyor
mensor (general term; Vid: Col., 5, 1, 3): decempedator (one that measures a piece of land with a rod, Cic., Phil., 13, 18, 37): finitor (one that assigns and fixes boundaries; e.g., in a distribution of land): metator (one that measures out anything, and fixes marks [metas] at the boundaries; e.g., the place for a camp, for a town; Vid: Cic., Phil., 14, 4, 10): geometres (a land-measurer, one who measures a country, forests, etc., in order to discover the superficial contents, etc.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for surveyor?
- The usual Latin words for “surveyor” are mēnsor, decempedātor, fīniō; also mētor, geōmetrēs, metō. 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.