English → Latin
“allotment” in Latin
assignātiōmarking, showing, assignment, allotment, allocationparsa part, portion, piece, share; pars ... pars ..., some ... others ...; a party, fraction, sideportiōshare, part, portion; relation, proportionagerfield; acre; land; estate; park; territorypossessiōthe act of taking possession of, seizing, occupying, taking; the act of holding; possession, occupation, control, occupa
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
allotment
assignatio (act of allotting; especially of land to a colonist): pars (portio, in classical Latin, occurs only in the form pro portione). Sometimes ager, possessio (a property, possession): quod sorte alicui evenit; quod sortitus est (what he has received by lot). ☞ Assignatio may be used for “an allotment”, e.g., adimere assignationem, Ulp., Dig., 38, 4.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for allotment?
- The usual Latin words for “allotment” are assignātiō, pars, portiō; also ager, possessiō. 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.