English → Latin
“approbation” in Latin
probātiōtest, trial, inspection, examination; approbation, approval, assent; proof, demonstrationapprobātiōthe act of approving; approval, approbation, acquiescence; proof, confirmationcomprŏbātĭoapprobation, approvalassēnsiōassent, agreement; approbation, applauseassentiorto agree with; assent to, approve, give assent or approvalassentātiōassent; flattery, adulationacclāmātiōacclamationclāmora shout, shouting; an acclamation, applause; a clamor, cry, outcry, protestamorlove, affection, devotion (for a person, one's family, one's country); strong and passionate longing for something, desiaffirmātiōaffirmation, declaration, assertion; confirmation
The English word approbation itself goes back to Latin probus, through approbatio.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
approbation
probatio: approbatio: comprobatio (approval): assensio or assensus (assent): plaueus (applause): assentatio (hypocritical approbation; in good sense, post-Augustan): acclamatio: clamores (cries of approbation; but in Cic., acclamatio is a cry of disapprobation.) (The words are found in this connection and order), plausus clamoresque. To receive anything or anybody with approbation, probare aliquem or aliquid; approbare, comprobare aliquid (approve): alicui applaudere, plausum alicui dare or impertire; applaudere et approbare aliquem or aliquid; plausu, plausu et clamore prosequi aliquid (to applaud it): assentire, or assentiri alicui, or alicui rei; alicui assentari, suffragari, astipulari, album calculum adjicere alicui rei (vote for it: the last Plin.). To express unanimous approbation of anything, consensu et una voce approbare aliquid. Not to give, to withhold, one’s approbation, assensum (also with a re) retinere, cohibere: sustinere se ab assensu: to express clamorous approbation of any body, clamore et vocibus alicui astrepere: to express approbation loudly, magno clamore approbare aliquid. To receive, or be honored with, approbation approbari: any body’s approbation, probari alicui or ab aliquo; alicui placere: general approbation, omnibus probari or placere; ab omnibus laudari; omnium assensu comprobari. With clamorous expressions of approbation cum plausibus clamoribusque. To meet with no approbation, improbari; displicere: a speech is received without any approbation, oratio friget. To court approbation, assensionem captare; laudem venari.
Liking for, amor: studium alicujus rei: proclivitas ad aliqiud (of a bad inclination for): inclinatio animi or voluntatis ad aliquid.
Attestation, adfirmatio: confirmatio. (To do anything) in approbation of (= to confirm) anything, ut rem testimonio confirmet, etc., or by other circumlocution with fidem alicui rei addere; aliquid testimonio coufirmare, etc.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for approbation?
- The usual Latin words for “approbation” are probātiō, approbātiō, comprŏbātĭo; also assēnsiō, assentior, assentātiō. 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.