English → Latin
“arbitration” in Latin
arbitriumthe decision of an arbiter, arbitration; judgement, decision, opinion; discretion, liberal decision; arbitrary decision,dījūdicātiōjudging, deciding, determiningdisceptātiōdispute, disputation, debate, discussioniūdiciumjudgment, decision; opinion; trialsententiaa way of thinking, view, opinion, judgement or sentence; a purpose, intention, will (one's thinking in respect to the fuarbiterwitness, spectator, onlooker; arbitrator, arbiter (having a wider power than a iūdex); judge, umpire, arbitrator, arbitedēcernōto decide, decide upon, settle, determine (especially something disputed or doubtful); to pronounce a decision concernindisceptōto dispute; to debate or discuss; to decide, determine, judge or arbitrate
The English word arbitration itself goes back to Latin arbiter, through arbitratio.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
arbitration
arbitrium. To refuse anybody’s arbitration, arbitrum or disceptatorem aliquem recusare. To commit anything to any body’s arbitration, rem alicujus arbitrio permittere: to the arbitration of the sword, controversiam ferro dijudicare, decernere, disceptare.
Decision, dijudicatio, disceptatio (as action): judicium, sententia (judical sentence).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for arbitration?
- The usual Latin words for “arbitration” are arbitrium, dījūdicātiō, disceptātiō; also iūdicium, sententia, arbiter. 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.