English → Latin
“experiment” in Latin
tentātiōtemptation; trial, prooftentāmenan attempt; a literary attempt: an essayexperīmentumtest, trial, experiment; experienceperīculumtrial, experiment, attempt, proof, essay; risk, hazard, danger, peril; ruin, destructionperīclitātiōA trying; trial, experiment, test.cōnorto try, attempt
The English word experiment itself goes back to Latin pariō, through experimentum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
experiment s.
tentatio: tentamen (general term for trial; the former as act; the latter only in Ov., but doubtless current in prose): experimentum (trial for the purpose of obtaining experience): periculum (trial attended with risk): periclitatio (with more abstruse meaning than periculum; e.g., herbarum utilitates longinqui temporis usu et periclitatione percipimus): conatus; plur., conata (endeavors). An unhappy experiment, res infelicis operae; res infeliciter tentata; conatus frustra captus: to make an experiment, periculum facere: conatum facere or incipere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for experiment?
- The usual Latin words for “experiment” are tentātiō, tentāmen, experīmentum; also perīculum, perīclitātiō, cōnor. 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.