English → Latin
“theatre” in Latin
theātrumA theatre or theater, playhouse; stage.scaenastage; scene; theatrecaveahollow, cavity; cage, den, enclosure, stall, coop, beehive, birdcage; the seats in a theater, amphitheater, or auditoriusummatop, summit, highest point or place; the principal or main thing; sum, summary, total
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
theatre
theatrum: scena (as we say, the stage; PROP. and figuratively): cavea (pars pro toto, Cic.; opposed to circus; ludi publici... sunt cavea circoque divisi, Leg., 2, 38). The parts of a theatre, according to modern usage, may be thus rendered; pit, cavea prima; boxes, cavea media; gallery, cavea ultima or summa. A temporary theatre. Vid: TEMPORARY.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for theatre?
- The usual Latin words for “theatre” are theātrum, scaena, cavea; also summa. 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.