English → Latin
“award” in Latin
addīcōto be propitious to, favour, speak favourably (of); to attribute, assign or ascribe something to someone; appoint, desigadiūdicōto grant or award something to someone as a judge; adjudge; to assign, attribute or ascribe something to someonedīcōto say, talk, speak, utter, mention; to declare, state; to tellirrogōto propose, demand or call for something against someone; to impose, inflict; appoint, ordain; to exerciseiūdiciumjudgment, decision; opinion; trialarbitriumthe decision of an arbiter, arbitration; judgement, decision, opinion; discretion, liberal decision; arbitrary decision,dēcernōto decide, decide upon, settle, determine (especially something disputed or doubtful); to pronounce a decision concerninsententiaa way of thinking, view, opinion, judgement or sentence; a purpose, intention, will (one's thinking in respect to the fuaddictiōThe awarding, adjudging or adjudication of disputed property; award.adiūdicātiōjudgement, adjudication
The English word award itself goes back to Latin wardō, through *exwardare.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
award v.
addicere: adjudicare: property to anybody, bona alicui addicere: the sovereignty to Ptolemy, adjudicare regnum Ptolemaeo: a triumph (money, etc., to anybody), decernere alicui triumphum, etc.: to award punishment, poenam alicui constituere, dicere (under the emperors, irrogare): a fine, dicere alicui mulctam.
award s.
judicium: arbitrium: decretum: sententia. [SYN. in JUDGMENT]
As act: addictio (e.g., bonorum): adjudicatio (Dig.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for award?
- The usual Latin words for “award” are addīcō, adiūdicō, dīcō; also irrogō, iūdicium, arbitrium. 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.