English → Latin
“commissioner” in Latin
sequesterdepositary, trustee (someone to take care of property while in dispute); agent of bribery, go-between; mediatorinterpresAn agent between two parties; broker, mediator, negotiator, factor, messenger; A translator, interpreter, expounder, expprōcūrātormanager, overseer, superintendent; procurator (office); agent, deputyportitorbearer, carrier, conveyer; ferryman, boatman, sailor, mariner; carter, wagoner
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
commissioner
procurator (agent, etc., Cic. Att. 4, 16, extr.) negotiorum curator (Sall., Jug., 71, 2); or sequester, interpres, confector negotiorum (all in Cic., Verr., 2, 44, 108): per quem agimus (our agent, Cic., Verr., 3, 66, 155): Commissioner in any matter, transactor et administer alicujus rei (Verr., 2, 28, 69). Custom-house commissioners, portitores; exactores portorii; “duumviri (triumviri, etc. according to number) portoriis exigendis. qui portoria exigunt. telonarii (Codex Justinianus). Commissioners of taxes, qui vectigalia exigunt: *duumviri (triumviri, etc., according to number) vectigalibus exigendis. Commissioners of bankruptcy, *recuperatores bonis alicujus in gratiam creditorum vendendis; or *recuperatores, qui bona alicujus in gratiam creditorum vendant: To be anybody’s commissioner alicujus rationes negotiaque procurare; negotia alicujus gerere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for commissioner?
- The usual Latin words for “commissioner” are sequester, interpres, prōcūrātor; also portitor. 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.