English → Latin
“declaration” in Latin
dēclārātiōThe act of making clear; a disclosure, exposition, declaration.prōnūntiātiōproclamation, declaration; pronunciation, speech; manner, deliveryvōxvoice; accent; speech, remark, expression, (turn of) phrasesententiaa way of thinking, view, opinion, judgement or sentence; a purpose, intention, will (one's thinking in respect to the fuōrātiōspeech, discourse, language; the power of speech; manner or style of speakingbellumwarprōscrīptiōadvertisement (public notice); proscription
The English word declaration itself goes back to Latin clārō, through dēclārātiōnem.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
declaration
declaratio (e.g., amoris sui): pronunciatio (proclamation by word of mouth, Caes.). Sometimes vox, sententia, oratio, may serve: denunciatio (a threatening declaration; e.g., belli): proscriptio (declaration of outlawry): after this declaration, hac pronunciatione facta (Caes., B.C., 2, 25): for “to make a declaration;” Vid: DECLARE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for declaration?
- The usual Latin words for “declaration” are dēclārātiō, prōnūntiātiō, vōx; also sententia, ōrātiō, bellum. 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.