English → Latin
“delivery” in Latin
līberātiōliberation, releasepariōto bear, to give birth to; to spawn, produce, generate, beget; to procure, acquiretrāditiōa surrender, delivering up; delivery of possession; a teaching, instructiondēditiōa giving up, surrender, capitulationprōditiōdiscovery, betrayal, treason; appearance (coming or going); putting off, deferringdictiōa saying, speaking, speech, talk, oratoryāctiōaction; a doing or performing, behavior; public function, civil act; suit, process, actionprōnūntiātiōproclamation, declaration; pronunciation, speech; manner, deliveryēlocūtiōutterance, expression; oratorical delivery, elocutionēnītorto bear, give birth; to strive, struggle; to climb, ascend
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
delivery
Act of setting free, liberatio (setting free).
Act of bringing forth children, partus (child-birth): cf., enixus, late, Plin.: untimely delivery, abortio.
Act of delivering up, traditio (delivery or surrender to the enemy): deditio (full surrender into the power and disposal of the enemy): proditio (when accompanied with treachery).
Manner in which anybody delivers himself (= speaks), genus dicendi; dictio (especially the manner of expressing thoughts by speech): actio (rhetorical delivery in reference to the proper modulation of the voice, the holding and motions of the body, especially in the representation of a theatrical piece): pronunciatio (including both speech and action, as far as the expression of the thoughts is concerned): elocutio (rhetorical delivery with reference to pronunciation, diction, and style, φράσις): a popular delivery, popularis dictio: a delivery full of life or spirit, actio plena animi or spiritus: a good delivery, facilis et profluens in dicendo celeritas (of the readiness with which words are found; the absence of hesitation, etc.): to have a good delivery, bene or commode dicere: a fluent or ready delivery, facilem esse in dicendo; facilem et expeditum esse ad dicendum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for delivery?
- The usual Latin words for “delivery” are līberātiō, pariō, trāditiō; also dēditiō, prōditiō, dictiō. 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.