English → Latin
“assessment” in Latin
tribuōto grant, bestow, assign, attribute; to yield, give up, concede, allow; to divide, share, distributevectīgaltax, tribute, (public) revenue; windfall, profit, (private) revenuecēnseōto give an opinion; to think, suppose or judge; to recommend, adviseaestimātiōvaluation, estimation according to its worth, appraisal; assessment of damage
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
assessment
The nearest words are: tributum (poll-tax; income-tax): vectigal (land-tax): census (anybody’s estimated property): aestimatio (act of valuing). As act: tributorum in singula capita distributio (dividing, among the ratepayers, the whole sum to be levied).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for assessment?
- The usual Latin words for “assessment” are tribuō, vectīgal, cēnseō; also aestimātiō. 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.