English → Latin
“transcript” in Latin
exemplarmodel, pattern, example, original or ideal; copyexempluma sample, example; a warning example, deterrent; torture, exemplary penalty, chastisement
The English word transcript itself goes back to Latin scrībō, through transcriptum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
transcript
exemplar: exemplum (a copy). A transcript of a speech in one’s own writing, oratio sua manu transcripta: an exact transcript of a will, tabulae testamenti eodem exemplo, testamentum eodem exemplo (Caes., B.C., 3, 108; Suet., Tib., 76, Bremi). Vid: also, COPY.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for transcript?
- The usual Latin words for “transcript” are exemplar, exemplum. 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.