English → Latin
“delegation” in Latin
dēlēgātiōan assignment (of debt), substitution; delegation of one person by anothermandōto order, command, enjoin; to put in hand; deliver over; to commit, consignauctōritāscredibility, prestige, reputation, importance; influence, weight, personal weight; power, ability, authorityet cēteraet cetera, and the rest, and so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information continues in a similar mūnusa service, office, employment; a burden, duty, obligation; a service, favorallegōto select, choose, recruit, elect or admit (to or into something)dēligōto pick off, pluck off; to cull; to choose or select; to enroll, levylēgātiōambassador (office, not person); embassy; member of an embassy; legation; a diplomatic mission (cf. Whitaker’s Words)
The English word delegation itself goes back to Latin lēgō, through delegatio.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
delegation
delegatio (Cic.; but in the sense of assigning a debt to another; in the usual sense of “delegation,” Sen.: delegationem ista res non recipit, that “cannot be performed by delegation;” i. e., must be done by one’s self): mandatus, us (but only in the ablative, Cic.; cujus emptorem istum demonstravi fuisse mandatu Caesenniae, Coecilius, 7, 19): res mandata (the affair delegated; Cic.): potestas aliquid faciendi; auctoritas, etc. will sometimes help, or procuratio negotii, muneris, etc. (management of an affair, office, committed to a person): by delegation from the Senate, auctoritate senatus.
Body of delegates, allegati (Cic., Qu., Fr., 2, 3, 5; Cluent., 13, 39): delecti. apocleti (chosen counsellors, etc.; a more select committee, etc., Liv.): legatio (an embassy).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for delegation?
- The usual Latin words for “delegation” are dēlēgātiō, mandō, auctōritās; also et cētera, mūnus, allegō. 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.