English → Latin
“audience” in Latin
admissiōan admitting of the male to the female; admission to a person; audienceadeōto approach, go to; to attend (a performance); to undertake, undergocolloquiumconversation, discussion; interview; conferenceaudītora hearer; an auditor; a pupil, disciple; a person who listens to teachingscorōnachaplet, laurel, or wreath; presented to athletes, the gods, or the dead; crown; garlandaudiōto hear, listen to; to attend, pay attention to; to accept, agree with, obey
The English word audience itself goes back to Latin audiō, through audientia.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
audience
admission to a sovereign, etc.: admissio (with reference to him urho grants it: Post-Augustan, but classical): aditus (with reference to him who obtains it): colloquium (the conversation during the audience). To grant anybody an audience, admissionem or aditum alicui dare: ad colloquium aliquem admittere: aliquem admittere or audire: alicui senatum dare (of the senate): to give anybody a private audience, aliquem in secretum recipere: to obtain an audience, aimitti; audiri: datur alicui aditus conveniendi: to be refused an audience, ad colloquium non admitti: aditu prohiberi: to beg, demand, etc., an audience, petere aditum conveniendi: aditum ad aliquem postulare: to beg a private audience, secretum petere ab aliquo (in the time of the empire).
Hall of audience, salutatorium cubiculum (after Plin., 15, 10, 11): atrium (the atrium in a Roman house, where great men received their visitors).
Auditory: auditores: qui audiunt (general term): coram quibus dicimus (those in whose presence an orator speaks): corona (the crowd about a speaker, especially in a court of justice). A numerous audience, frequentia eorum, qui nos audiunt. Before a numerous audience, frequentibus auditoribua: in magna (or maxima) audientium celebritate or frequentia.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for audience?
- The usual Latin words for “audience” are admissiō, adeō, colloquium; also audītor, corōna, audiō. 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.