English → Latin
“deputation” in Latin
dēlēgātiōan assignment (of debt), substitution; delegation of one person by anotherauctōritāscredibility, prestige, reputation, importance; influence, weight, personal weight; power, ability, authoritylēgātiōambassador (office, not person); embassy; member of an embassy; legation; a diplomatic mission (cf. Whitaker’s Words)legōto collect, gather, bring together, catch; to choose, select; to appointcommittōto join together, unite, connect, put together; to practise or perpetrate wrong, do injustice; commit a crime; to begin
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
deputation
Act of deputing, delegatio (in Cic. only of the assignment of a debt; in other sense in later writers).
Permission to act, potestas aliquid faciendi; auctoritas (the commission, by virtue of which anybody is competent to act): by deputation from the Senate, auctoritate senatus: to grant a deputation to anybody, alicujus arbitrio rem gerendam tradere, or committere: by deputation from anybody, mandatu alicujus (Cic.); auctoritate alicujus (by his authority): nomine alicujus (in his name).
Persons deputed, legatio: legati: If the name of the state is mentioned, the adjective is often used alone; “the Sicilian deputations,” Siculi. Some deputations arrive from Sicily, Siculi veniunt cum mandatis.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for deputation?
- The usual Latin words for “deputation” are dēlēgātiō, auctōritās, lēgātiō; also legō, committō. 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.