English → Latin
“embassy” in Latin
lēgātiōambassador (office, not person); embassy; member of an embassy; legation; a diplomatic mission (cf. Whitaker’s Words)obeōto go towards, go to meet; to oppose, face; to arrive at, reach, come to; to undertake a task, take charge of, take partmittōto send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge; to put out, extend, reach out (one's hand); to announce, tel
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
embassy
legatio (also = collective body; e.g., legatio Romam venit): legationis munus. To undertake an embassy, legationem suscipere or obire: to refuse an embassy, legationis munus recusare: to be employed in important embassies, legationes, quae sunt illustriores, per aliquem administrantur: to send an embassy to anybody, legationem mittere ad aliquem (or legatum mittere, or mittere, qui, etc. with subjunctive): to send anybody on an embassy to anybody about a subject, aliquem legatum mittere, or legare, ad aliquem de re.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for embassy?
- The usual Latin words for “embassy” are lēgātiō, obeō, mittō. 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.