English → Latin
“type” in Latin
exempluma sample, example; a warning example, deterrent; torture, exemplary penalty, chastisementfōrmaform; figure, shape, appearance; fine form; beauty; outline, plan, designfigūrashape, form, figure; shape; taunt, quip, jibetypustype, form, sort, kind; a coin die; When it is the specific epithet of a binomial name, indicates it is the type specieslitteraletter (of the alphabet); handwriting; letter, epistlecharactērbranding iron; brand (made by a branding iron); characteristic, mark, character, styleLactantiusA masculine cognomen — famously held by
The English word type itself goes back to Latin typus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
type
Model, exemplum: forma.
Acted prophecy, imago rerum futurarum (Lactantius): alicujus rei significatio (e.g., lignum sanguine delibutum crucis significatio est; Lactantius, De Ver. Sap., 30): figura (e.g. passionis; id., ib.).
Coll., Metal printing letters, litterarum formae (☞ Cic., N.D., 2, 37, 93): *typi (technical term).
Coll., Printed letters, litterae, plur.; characteres, plur. In large type, maximis litteris.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for type?
- The usual Latin words for “type” are exemplum, fōrma, figūra; also typus, littera, charactēr. 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.