English → Latin
“assess” in Latin
cēnseōto give an opinion; to think, suppose or judge; to recommend, advisetribuōto grant, bestow, assign, attribute; to yield, give up, concede, allow; to divide, share, distributevectīgaltax, tribute, (public) revenue; windfall, profit, (private) revenueagerfield; acre; land; estate; park; territorymeusmy, mine
The English word assess itself goes back to Latin sedeō, through assessare.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
assess
censere (to value anybody’s property with a view to taxation: to fix, therefore, not how much he is to pay, but what his whole ratable property is to be considered). To assess a town. etc, censere (to value all the property): tributa in singula capita imponere (to put so much on each individual). Also by circumlocution with tributum, vectigal, etc., imponere alicui or alicui rei: my estate is assessed very high, agris (meis) pergrande vectigal impositum est (Cic.). To be assessed, censeri; vectigal or tributum mihi impositum est: aliquid ex censu (quotannis) conferre or pendere (☞ omnes Siculi ex censu quotannis tributa conferunt, Cic.). I am assessed at two million sesterces, sestertii vicies ex censu (quotannis) confero.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for assess?
- The usual Latin words for “assess” are cēnseō, tribuō, vectīgal; also ager, meus. 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.