English → Latin
“audit” in Latin
īnspiciōto examine or inspect; to look into, look upon, consider or contemplate; to observeexcutiōto shake out, shake off, elicit, knock out, drive out, cast off, strike off; to throw from or off of a horse, chariot, sdispungōto check off the credits and debits of an account; to examine, revise an account
The English word audit itself goes back to Latin audiō, through audītus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
audit v.
To audit anybody’s accounts, alicujus rationes cognoscere, inspicere (to examine them), excutere, dispungere (to examine them with searching accuracy).
audit s.
inspectio rationum (as act): dies rationum inspiciendarum (audit-day): dies rationis reddendae (with reference to him who has to give account).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for audit?
- The usual Latin words for “audit” are īnspiciō, excutiō, dispungō. 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.