English → Latin
“congress” in Latin
conveniōto convene, assemble, gather, meet or come together; to accost, to call on; to sue, to let be summoned to courtconciliuma council; a meetingcongressiōinterview, meeting, congress; copulation, sexual intercourse; conflictcongressusmeeting, assembly, conference; congress (all meanings); carnal union, copulation, sexlegōto collect, gather, bring together, catch; to choose, select; to appointdīgrediorto go apart or asunder, separate, part; go away, depart; to depart, deviate, digressThermopylaeThermopylae (a narrow mountain pass in east-central Greece, site of a famous ancient battle)
The English word congress itself goes back to Latin veniō, through congressum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
congress
meeting (especially that of plenipotentiaries): conventus; concilium: congressio: congressus (any, especially friendly, meeting, interview, etc., the former as act, the latter as state, opposed to digressio, digressus). The congress of the Greeks at Thermopylae, conventus Pyliacus; commune Graeciae concilium: to hold a congress, conventum agere; in aliquem locum convenire.
The body of such plenipotentiaries, apocleti; legati.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for congress?
- The usual Latin words for “congress” are conveniō, concilium, congressiō; also congressus, legō, dīgredior. 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.