English → Latin
“verbal” in Latin
reddōto give back, return, restore; to give up, hand over, deliver, render, provide, assign; to surrender, relinquish, deliveverbumword; proverb, saying; verbcolloquiumconversation, discussion; interview; conferenceexprimōto squeeze out; to press (out); to express; to imitate or copydiscordiadisagreement, dissension, variance, discord
The English word verbal itself goes back to Latin verbum, through verbālis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
verbal
Having word answering to word, literal [Vid: LITARAL], ad verbum expressus: verba singula exprimens, reddens (after Cic.): ad verbum descriptus (verbal accuracy; of a copy): A verbal translation, interpretatio ad fidem verborum facta, ad litteram verba auctoris reddens, exprimens: petty verbal discussions or distinctions, (istae) verborum angustiae: to drive anybody to such petty verbal discussions, aliquem in tantas verborum angustias compellere (both Cic.; opposed to campus, etc., the field of fair, full discussion): a dispute that turns on petty verbal distinctions, verborum disceptatio or discordia: to reduce anything to a discussion of petty verbal distinctions, ad verba rem deflectere: verbal criticism, *critice or ars critica, quae verborum pondera examinat (after Cic.): a mere verbal critic, *verborum or syllabarum anceps (in a bad sense); qui verborum pondere examinat (in a good sense).
By word of mouth, oral, by verbis, or per colloquium or colloquia. To give anybody a verbal answer, alicui voce respondere; a verbal commission, alicui aliquid voce mandare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for verbal?
- The usual Latin words for “verbal” are reddō, verbum, colloquium; also exprimō, discordia. 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.