English → Latin
“exhibition” in Latin
prōlātiōpostponement; enlargementostentātiōexhibition, display, showing offstīpendiumtax, impost, tribute, contribution; dues; pay, stipend (military)afferōto carry forth; to bring forth; conduct; to bring, bear, convey or carry information, report, announce, inform, publish,prōferōto bring out, bring forth; to make known, produce in public, publish, reveal; to appear, show oneselfmōnstrōto show, point out, indicate, demonstrate; to appoint, ordain; to denounce, indictostendōto expose to view, exhibit, show; to reveal, expose, make known; to explain, clarifypraestōto be preferable, better, coupled with quam; to be outstanding, be exceeding in something, to excel, stand out, be superspectāculumshow, spectacle; a place from which shows are witnessed, spectator's seat; public or civic eventprōpōnōto set forth, to put forth, to lay out; to expose to view, display; to make known
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
exhibition
Act of bringing forth, prolatio (the production; used by Cic. of quoting examples): ostentatio (mostly “boastful exhibition,” but in Latin, ab ostentatione saevitiae ascitum cognomen, from this exhibition of his cruel disposition). Mostly by circumlocution with afferre, (in medium) proferre, monstrare, ostendere, praestare, etc.
An exhibition of works of art, etc., spectaculum (any sight; e.g., not only of plays, gladiators, etc., but of naumachiae, Caes.). By circumlocution with proponere or propalam collocare. An exhibition of paintings, sculpture, etc., tabulas (signa, etc.) propalam collocatae (after tabulas et signa propalam collocavit, Cic., De Or., 1, 35, 126): tabulae, signa, etc., quae ad spectationes populo comparantur (after Vitr., praef., lib. 10); perhaps spectatio only (ea omnia, quae - ad spectationes populo comparantur, the apparatus provided for their public exhibitions, sights).
Pension, etc., beneficium annuum: *annua in beneficii loco praebita, plur.: or stipendium. To confer an exhibition on anybody, aliquem or alicujus tenuitatem beneficio annuo sustentare. ☞ exhibitio is used for “support” in Ulpian, quod exhibitioni frugaliter sufficit.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for exhibition?
- The usual Latin words for “exhibition” are prōlātiō, ostentātiō, stīpendium; also afferō, prōferō, mōnstrō. 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.