English → Latin
“choice” in Latin
optiōchoosing, choice, preference, optionarbitriumthe decision of an arbiter, arbitration; judgement, decision, opinion; discretion, liberal decision; arbitrary decision,dēlēctusselection, choice, distinction; levy, recruitingēlēctiōchoice, selection; election (of believers to Salvation)creātiōa creating, producing; creation; an electing or appointment to an office, choicerōbura tough-wooded oak tree; hardness; strengthflōsflower, blossom; the best kind or part of something; the prime; best state of thingsdēferōto bear, carry or bring down or away; convey; take, remove; to bring to market, sell; to give to someone, grant, confer conquīrōto seek for, hunt up, search out eagerly or carefully, go in quest of; to collect, bring together; to investigate, searcexquīrōto seek or seek out, search for or hunt up; to inquire into
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
choice
permission or power to choose, optio: eligendi optio: (the former the more common): also optio et potestas: potestas optioque (the proper word): arbitrium (a man’s free will). To give anybody his choice, alicui optionem dare, facere or deferre (all Cic., the first common; not optionem ferre): facere alicui potestatem optionemque, ut eligat; facere alicui arbitrium in eligendo: to give anybody his choice of two things, alicui po testatem optionemque facere, ut eligat, utrum velit: to give anybody his free choice in any matter, alicujus or alicujus rei optionem mittere: alicutns eligendi optionem alicui dare: alicui permittere arbitrium alicujus rei (e.g., whether it is to be peace or war, pacia ac belli). The choice is left to you, or you may make your choice, optio tua est: if I had my choice, si optio esset: it is left to his free choice, optio ei est or data est. It is only a choice of evils, nihil est medium. To give anybody his choice, which of his colleagues he will have, alicui permittere, ut ex collegis optet, quem velit.
Election, act of choosing, delectus: electio: creatio (to an office). An elegant choice of words, verborum delectus elegans; elegantia verborum, sermonis. Vid: “To make one’s choice” [Vid: CHOOSE].
Care in choosing, delectus: too scrupulous in the choice of words, in verborum delectu nimius: with judgment and choice, cum delectu: eleganter: without judgment or choice, sine (ullo) delectu: promiscue: temere.
The best, robur: flos, etc.; also optima, noun plur., but mostly by adjective.
choice
select, etc., conquisitus: conquisitus et electus: exquisitus: eximius: egregius: praestans. Choicest, conquisitissimus. The choicest wines, veterrima vina. The tables were covered with the choicest dainties, mensae conquisitissimis epulis exstruebantur.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for choice?
- The usual Latin words for “choice” are optiō, arbitrium, dēlēctus; also ēlēctiō, creātiō, rōbur. 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.