English → Latin
“yesterday” in Latin
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
yesterday
heri: hesterno die: (in epistolary style) pridie ejus diei quo haec scribebam (Vid: Grotefend, § 246): Yesterday evening, heri vesperi: yesterday morning, heri mane: the day before yesterday (adverbially), nudius tertius; (substantively) dies qui nudius tertius fuit: of yesterday, i. e., lately, nuper admodum factus (natus).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for yesterday?
- The usual Latin words for “yesterday” are herī̆, nātus. 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.