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“entertainment” in Latin
dēlectātiōdelight, pleasure, amusementoblectātiōdelight, amusement, diversionoblectāmentuma source of delight, pleasure, amusementsermōa conversation, discussion; a rumor, diction, speech, talk, discourse; a language, manner of speakingconfābulātiōa conversationhospitiuma hospitable reception, entertainment, hospitality; the tie of hospitality, relation of host and guest; friendship, bondvincōto win; to conquer, to defeat, to vanquish; to overpoweralimentumfood, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, provisions; obligation to one's parentscōmitāspoliteness, courtesy; kindness, kindliness; friendliness, affabilityhūmānitāshumaneness, humane conduct, philanthropy, benevolence, kindliness; courtesy, politeness, good manners, social grace; ref
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
entertainment
Amusement, delectatio: oblectatio (amusement): oblectamentum (what serves for amusement, etc.).
Conversation, sermo: sermones: confabulatio: sermones familiares (confidential talk).
Hospitable reception, hospitium: kind entertainment, *liberalitas (comitas, humanitas), qua aliquis excipitur or accipitur. To find hospitable or good entertainment, liberaliter haberi; hospitaliter excipi or invitari; benigne excipi ab aliquo.” A house of entertainment,” [Vid. INN, TAVERN].
An entertainment = a banquet, convivium: epulum: epulae: cena: daps [SYN. in BANQUET]: to prepare an entertainment, cenam parare, instruere; convivium instruere, apparare, comparare, ornare, exornare: to give an entertainment to anybody, cenam or epulum alicui dare: to be giving an entertainment, convivium habere, agere [Vid: BANQUET].
Payment, pay (obsolete), Vid:
Support, victus: alimenta.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for entertainment?
- The usual Latin words for “entertainment” are dēlectātiō, oblectātiō, oblectāmentum; also sermō, confābulātiō, hospitium. 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.