English → Latin
“conclusion” in Latin
conclūsiōblockade, siege; conclusionfīnisend; limit, border, bound boundary, frontier; boundaries, bounds, frontiers; by extension, territory, region, landsexeōto exit, depart, go forth, come forth; to avoid, evade; to escapeclausulaconclusion, close, end; the close of a period; the conclusion of a legal formulaepilogusconclusion, peroration, epilogue
The English word conclusion itself goes back to Latin claudō, through conclūsiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
conclusion
conclusio (the closing or finishing point, Cic., ad Qu. Fr. 1, 1, 16: in extrema parte et conclusione muneris ac negotii tui): finis: exitus (the end, the ultimate result): extrema pars (the last part of a matter), clausula (the conclusion of a letter, or any writing, consisting of a few words only, or a single sentence): epilogus (ἐπίλογος), pure Latin, conclusio or peroratio (the conclusion of a speech according to rules, in so far as it constitutes a definite and ultimate part of it): at the conclusion of the speech, in extrema oratione (in the latter part; in fine orationis, quite at the end): a letter, in the conclusion of which etc., epistola, in qua, extrema etc.: in conclusion, ad extremum: to bring a thing to a conclusion, aliquid ad finem or ad exitum adducere: to come to the conclusion, ad finem venire: (with regard to a speech) perorare (Vid: above peroratio):
Conclusion of a syllogism, conclusio (Cic., Invent. 1, 29, 45, also with addition of rationis): ratiocinatio (the conclusion or proof deduced from the syllogism): an acute conclusion, acute conclusum: a hypothetical conclusion, connexum (Cic., Fat., 7, 14): to draw a conclusion [Vid: CONCLUDE]: the whole conclusion is wrong, tota conclusio jacet: is not this a logical conclusion? satisne hoc conclusum est? CONCLUSIVE, ad pervincendum idoneus: firmus ad probandum (fit or apt for proving, convincing; e.g., proof, argumentum): gravis (weighty, and thus also convincing, argumentum; ☞ Cic., Roscius, Com., 12, 36: argumentum gravissimum et firmissimum; i. e., the most conclusive proof): quod habet or facit momentum (the final or decisive point): ultimus (the last, which required nothing after it, proelium, hora).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for conclusion?
- The usual Latin words for “conclusion” are conclūsiō, fīnis, exeō; also clausula, epilogus. 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.