English → Latin
“appropriation” in Latin
assignātiōmarking, showing, assignment, allotment, allocationaddictiōThe awarding, adjudging or adjudication of disputed property; award.cōnsecrātiōdedication, consecrationdēdicātiōdedication, consecrationbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant; right; usefulsacrātiōA dedication, consecration.Măcrŏbĭusa Roman grammarian at the end of the fourth century, author of a commentary on Cicero'stempluman open space for augural observation; open, clear, broad space; a space dedicated to a deity; place of divine worship; aedistemple, shrine; tomb; roompatinaa broad, shallow dish; a pan; a stewpan; a kind of cake; crib; manger
The English word appropriation itself goes back to Latin propriō, through appropriātiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
appropriation
assignatio (allotting, allotment, with agrorum erpressed or understood): addictio (e.g., bonorum): consecratio (religious dedication; probably post-Augustan, for in Cic., Balb., 14, 33, it seems to be a gloss: sacratio, late, Macrobius): dedicatio (dedication; e.g., templi, aedis; also, the beginning to appropriateanything to a particular use; e.g., patinae, Suet.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for appropriation?
- The usual Latin words for “appropriation” are assignātiō, addictiō, cōnsecrātiō; also dēdicātiō, bonus, sacrātiō. 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.