English → Latin
“tautology” in Latin
repetītiōrepetition; reclamationiterātiōa repetition, iteration; a manumission granted to a freedman by which he received Roman citizenship.tautŏlŏgĭaa repetition of the same meaning in different wordsverbumword; proverb, saying; verbrēsthing, object, stuff; matter, issue, subject, topic; affair, eventnōmenname; short for nomen gentile, nomen, the family name in a Roman name, indicating the person's gens; titlevītōto avoid, evade; to shunfugiōto flee, fly, take flight, escape, depart, run, run away, recede; to speed, hasten, pass quickly; to avoid, shun, be ave
The English word tautology itself goes back to Latin tautŏlŏgĭa.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
tautology
ejusdem verbi aut sermonis iteratio: repetitio: iteratio (verborum, rerum, nominum, Quint.): crebra repetitio (Cic.): tautologia (Marcellinus, Cap). To avoid tautology, vitare, fugere, repetitionem ejusdem verbi (after Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for tautology?
- The usual Latin words for “tautology” are repetītiō, iterātiō, tautŏlŏgĭa; also verbum, rēs, nōmen. 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.