English → Latin
“agency” in Latin
efficiōto make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose; to cause to occur, to bring about, volōto wish, to please; to want; to mean, to intendprōcūrātiōadministration, management; stewardshipimpellōto push, drive or strike against something; assail; to drive or push forward, set in motion, urge on, impel; to impel, iappellōto drive or move to; to land or put ashorecognōscōto learn, to get to know; to be acquainted (with someone), recognize, apprehend; to know, perceive, understand
The English word agency itself goes back to Latin agō, through agentia.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
agency
operation: effectus (both the power of working possessed by anything and the effect): vis (power). (The words are found in this connection and order.) vis et effectus: efficientia (working). Sometimes impulsus (impulsion), appulsus (approximation of an effectual means or cause; especially of the sun: then, generally, the working of one thing on another).
Office of agent, procuratio (general term): coguitura (office of a procurator or agent, especially infiscal matters).
agency
procuratio (general term) cognitura (in fiscal matters).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for agency?
- The usual Latin words for “agency” are efficiō, volō, prōcūrātiō; also impellō, appellō, cognōscō. 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.