English → Latin
“assay” in Latin
tentōto handle, touch; to try, test, temptexperiorto attempt, to try; to test, to put to the test, to find out, to prove; therefore, to make trial of a person or thing; tprobōto approve, permit, commend; to test, to inspect; to examinecōnorto try, attempttentātiōtemptation; trial, prooftentāmenan attempt; a literary attempt: an essayexperīmentumtest, trial, experiment; experienceperīculumtrial, experiment, attempt, proof, essay; risk, hazard, danger, peril; ruin, destructionobrussatesting of gold by fire in a cupel, assay; test, touchstone, proof, assayspectātiōsight, spectacle; examination, inspection; respect, regard, consideration
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
assay v.
tentare, experiri, periclitari aliquem or aliquid: periculum facere alicujus or alicujus rei [Vid: difference in ASSAY, s.] : explorare aliquid: probare is in this meaning without classiacal authority. To assay my strength, tentare quid possim: let us assay our strength, experiamur, quid uterque possit: to as say, if. etc., experiri, si, , etc.: whether-or utrum-an, , etc.
Try, etc., tentare: conari: to assay (gold, etc.), aliquid ad obrussam exigere (obrussa, assay by fire); igni spectare aliquid and (figuratively) aliquem (Cic.): to assay anybody’s fidelity, alicujus fidem inspicere (Ov.).
assay s.
tentatio: tentamen (general term for trial: the former as act: the latter only in Ov., but doubtless current in prose): experimentum (trial for the purpose of obtaining experience): periculum (trial attended with risk). Assay of gold, obrussa (trial by fire): spectatio (e.g., pecuniae). To make assay. Vid: to ASSAY, v.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for assay?
- The usual Latin words for “assay” are tentō, experior, probō; also cōnor, tentātiō, tentāmen. 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.