English → Latin
“ballot” in Latin
globusany round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob, grouptesseratessera; a die with six faces and pips, alike modern-day ones; watchwordcalculusdiminutive of calx; pebble, stone; reckoning, calculating, calculationarculaa small chest, box, casket or coffer; small perfume box or jewel casket; a windchest of an organcapsaA box, case, holder, repository; especially a cylindrical container for books; bookcase.cistulaa basket; diminutive of cista: a small chest
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
ballot
globorum suffragia: to ballot, globis suffragia ferre: a ballot-ball, globus; tessera; calculus: a ballot-box, arcula; capsula; cistula, in qua tesserae conduntur: to ballot, globis suffragia ferre.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for ballot?
- The usual Latin words for “ballot” are globus, tessera, calculus; also arcula, capsa, cistula. 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.