What is the Latin word for university?

The usual Latin words for “university” are acadēmī̆a, littera. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“university” in Latin

acadēmī̆aacademy, academe litteraletter (of the alphabet); handwriting; letter, epistle

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

university

*academia: *universitas litteraria or litterarum. To be at the university, *inter academiae cives versari: *in academia studiorum causa versari.

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What is the Latin word for university?: The usual Latin words for “university” are acadēmī̆a, littera. 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.