English → Latin
“commemoration” in Latin
celebrātiōa concourse, large assemblage; a festival, celebration (in large numbers); an honoring, commending, praisinglaudātiōcommendation, praise; eulogy, panegyriccippusstake, post; gravestone, tombstone; landmark, boundary marker
The English word commemoration itself goes back to Latin memorō, through commemorātiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
commemoration
celebratio (public celebration): but mostly by memoria (commemoratio is the act of recounting): Money coined in commemoration of anybody or anything, *nummus in memoriam alicujus or alicujus rei cusus: a speech in commemoration of anybody, *oratio in memoriam alicujus habita: laudatio (a panegyric, not elogium): a paper, essay, etc., in commemoration of anybody, *libellus in memoriam alicujus compositus: A statue raised in commemoration of anybody, cippus: to erect a statue in commemoration of anybody, laudis ut maneat memoria, statuam alicujus ponere. In commemoration memoriae causa: in commemoration of, in memoriam alicujus (Suet., Dig.): to raise monuments in commemoration of anybody, memoriam nominis monumentis consecrare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for commemoration?
- The usual Latin words for “commemoration” are celebrātiō, laudātiō, cippus. 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.