English → Latin
“estimate” in Latin
aestimātiōvaluation, estimation according to its worth, appraisal; assessment of damageexpediōto free feet from snares; unfasten fetters; lose the shackles; to loosen restraints, unchain, set free, liberate, releascomputuscomputation, calculation; bank accountcalculōto calculate, compute, reckon; to consider as, esteem
The English word estimate itself goes back to Latin aestimō, through aestimātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
estimate s.
Calculated expense of a work, pecuniae conspectus ad totum opus absolvendum (Gell., 19, 10) :aestimatio (Vitr., praef., 10): rationes operis, antequam instituatur, expeditae (Vid: Vitr. praef., lib. 10): to make an estimate, sumtus aedificii consummare (Vitr., 1, 1, 4). Let architects make a careful estimate, architecti diligenter modum impensarum ratiocinantes explicent (Vitr., ib.), or caute summaque diligentia, antequam instituantur opera, eorum expediant rationes (ib.): that men may get their houses completed for little more than the estimate had prepared them to expect, ut homines, etc., ad id, quod praeparaverint, seu paulo amplius adjicientes, aedificia expediant (i. e., for little more than what they have got ready to meet the expense with; Vitr. ib.): when the whole expense agrees exactly with the estimate, cum ad dictum impensa respondet (Vitr., ib.): every architect who contracts for the building of a public work, delivers in an estimate, architectus, cum publicum opus curandum recipit, pollicetur, quanto sumtu id futurum sit (Vitr., ib.): to give a copy of the estimate to anybody, aestimationem tradere alicui (Vitr., ib.): to add anything to the estimate, ad aestimationem adjicere aliquid (Vitr., ib.).
Calculation, judgement, opinion, etc., Vid: A just estimate of his own powers (character, etc.), aequa ac par sui aestimatio (Velleius, 1, 97).
estimate v.
Value, Vid:
Calculate, compute, Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for estimate?
- The usual Latin words for “estimate” are aestimātiō, expediō, computus; also calculō. 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.