English → Latin
“visitor” in Latin
salūtōto preserve, keep safe; to greet, salute; to pay respectsexplōrōto investigate, search out, seek, discover, examine, explore; to spy out, reconnoitre; to test, try, put to the proofcēnsorcensor; provincial magistrate with similar duties.; a critic, especially a severe one of morals and societysalūtātorone who greets; a greeter, saluterhospeshost; guest, visitor; stranger, foreigner
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
visitor
One who pays a visit, salutator; plur., salutantes, salutatores: qui visendi (ac salutandi) causa venit (or veniunt) ad aliquem: hospes (a visitor staying in the house). A troublesome visitor, molestus interpellator: I have a visitor, habeo aliquem mecum: I have no visitor, solus sum: neminem mecum habeo: I shall have many visitors, multi apud me erunt.
Inspector, explorator: censor (of churches, schools, etc.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for visitor?
- The usual Latin words for “visitor” are salūtō, explōrō, cēnsor; also salūtātor, hospes. 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.