English → Latin
“assumption” in Latin
vindicātiōcivil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication; avengingūsūrpātiōusage; usurpationarrogantiaAn assuming, presumption; arrogance, conceitedness.; Pride, haughtiness, insolence.; Obstinacy, stubbornness.īnsolēnsunusual; contrary to custom or one’s own custom; arrogant, haughty, insolentsuperbiapride, haughtiness, arrogance, snobbishness, insolence, lawlessness, wantonness; conceit, vanity; rudeness, discourtesyconiciōto throw or bring together, unite, connect; to throw, drive, force, hurl something; to dispatch, assign, make go
The English word assumption itself goes back to Latin sūmō, through assūmptiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
assumption
vindicatio (act of claiming to one’s self): usurpatio (illegal assumption).
Arrogance: arrogantia: insolentia: superbia. [Vid: ARROGANCE.]
Postulate, sumtio (by which Cic., translates the Greek λῆμμα): conjectura (conjectural assumption): praemissa syllogismi (in logic: assumtio is “the minor” proposition). On this assumption, hoc posito atque concesso.
Assumption into heaven (e.g., of the Virgin Mary), assumtio in caelum; or by circumlocution with in caelum assumi (after assumtus est in caelum in the Creed).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for assumption?
- The usual Latin words for “assumption” are vindicātiō, ūsūrpātiō, arrogantia; also īnsolēns, superbia, coniciō. 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.