English → Latin
“transcribe” in Latin
dēscrībōto copy off or transcribe something from the original, write down, write out; to describe in painting or writing, draw, exscrībōto write out or off, copy; to write or note down; to take after, resemblerescrībōto write back in reply; (of emperors or lawyers) to answer in writing a petition or legal question; to give a rescript otrānscrībōto transfer in writing, copy off, transcribe; to alter, forge, falsify; to assign, convey, transfertrānsferōto bear, carry or bring across or over; transport, transfer, convey over; to copy, transcribe, transfer; to carry along
The English word transcribe itself goes back to Latin scrībō, through trānscrībō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
transcribe
describere: exscribere (to copy off): rescribere (to write out again): transcribere: transferre (to transfer to another book): furari aliquid ab aliquo (to copy in a dishonorable manner, Cic., Att., 2, 1, 1). To transcribe with one’s own hand, aliquid sua manu transcribere: to transcribe from an author litterally, but not to name him, auctorem ad verbum transcribere, neque nominare (Plin.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for transcribe?
- The usual Latin words for “transcribe” are dēscrībō, exscrībō, rescrībō; also trānscrībō, trānsferō. 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.