English → Latin
“attendance” in Latin
ministeriumministry (office of a minister); employment, ministration; service, duty (attendance of or action by an inferior person salūtātiōa greeting, salutation; a ceremonial visit by a client to his patronofficiumduty, service, office; obligation, an obligatory service, visit, or gesture; kindness, favor, courtesyfamulusa servant, slaveministerattendant, servant, slave, waiter; agent, aide; accomplicecomitorto join someone as an attendant; accompany, attend, follow; guard, escort; serve; to attend someone to the grave, attendassectātiōattendance (on clients etc); observation, studystīpātiōcrowd, throng; retinue
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
attendance
ministerium (as domestic, scribe, etc.: ministratio in Vitr. only): salutatio: officium (attendance on a superior to pay him respect). Daily attendance, assiduitas quotidiana (carrying with it the notion of zeal, etc.). To dance attendance on anybody, assiduitatem alicui praebere: in anybody’s ante-chamber, in vestibulo aedium opperiri salutationem (Gell., 4, 1, near the beginning).
Body of attendants: ministerium, or plur. ministeria (Silver Age): famuli: ministri (servants): comitatus: assectatio (attending body or train: the latter, train of clients, etc, following to show respect): stipatio (dense crowd accompanying anybody = “suite,” “train”).
Attention, Vid:
Attendance on a sick person: curatio, cura, are the nearest words: mostly by circumlocution.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for attendance?
- The usual Latin words for “attendance” are ministerium, salūtātiō, officium; also famulus, minister, comitor. 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.