English → Latin
“appeal” in Latin
testorto be witness, testify, attest; to summon as a witness, call to witness, invoke, entreat, swear by, appeal to; to make aappellōto drive or move to; to land or put ashoreappellātiōappeal (to higher authority); name; title, rankprōvocātiōchallenge (to combat); stimulus, provocation, encouragement; appealScaevolaa cognomen of the gens Mucia and othersrecipiōto take back, (i.e., regain possession of something); to recapture; to receive, accept, admit
The English word appeal itself goes back to Latin appellō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
appeal v.
appellare aliquem (to the tribunes of the people, the senate, the emperor, etc.): provocare ad aliquem (especially to the whole people: tribunos plebis appello et provoco ad populum, Liv., 8, 33. Both verbs also stand absolutely): against any body or any thing, appellare, provocare adversus aliquem or aliquid (also provocare aliquid): from anybody to anybody, ab aliquo ad aliquem: to the people from a sentence, ad populum provocare sententiam:
Call to witness, etc.: testari, testem facere aliquem, etc.: to appeal to Heaven, deum testari; deum invocare testem.
Call loudly upon, inclamare aliquem: invocare aliquem.
appeal s.
appellatio: provocatio [Vid. APPEAL, v.] : to anybody, ad aliquem, also alicujus: to anybody from anybody, ab aliquo ad aliquem: to anybody against anybody or anything, ad aliquem adversus aliquem or aliquid. To make an appeal, appellationem, provocationem interponere (Scaevola, Dig.): to receive or allow an appeal, appellationem admittere, recipere (Ulp., Dig.): to grant anybody an appeal, dare alicui provocationem or jus provocationis (adversus aliquem). A magistrate or punishment from which there lies no appeal, magistratus, poena sine provocatione.
An appeal (as writing), libellus appellatorius (Ulp., Dig.).
A court of appeal, jiudicium ad quod provocari potest: senatus provocationum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for appeal?
- The usual Latin words for “appeal” are testor, appellō, appellātiō; also prōvocātiō, Scaevola, recipiō. 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.