English → Latin
“forecast” in Latin
cōgitātiōthinking, meditation, reflection; thought; reasoningcōnsiliumplan, intention, design, purpose; counsel, advice; determination, resolve, resolutionprōvidentiaThe ability to see something in advance; foresight, foreknowledge.; Precaution, providence, forethought.prōvīsiōforeknowledge; foresight; precautionanimuslife, life force, soul, vitality (that life-giving aspect which animates a thing); conscience, intellect, mind, reason, cōnsīderōto examine, look at or inspect, survey; to consider, reflect, contemplate, meditatesēcumwith him-/her-/itself or themselvesreputōto count or calculate again; to think over, ponder, meditate, reflect upon, consider; to examinepraevideōto see first or beforehand; to discern or anticipate beforehand, foresee; to provideprōvideōto foresee; to be cautious; to act with foresight; to provide, see to
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
forecast s.
cogitatio (the plan as thought or existing in one’s thought merely): consilium: consilium institutum (the plan as the result of one’s own meditation, or of consulting with others): providentia (the precaution that calculates things to come, *Liv., 30, 5, 5; compare Cic., De Invent., 2, 53, 160): provisio (a seeing before or avoiding; Cic., Tusc., 8, 14, 30).
forecast v.
ante considerare: agitare mente, or animo, or in mente (to turn over in one’s mind, to reflect): considerare, especially with cum animo, or in animo, or secum (to take anything into consideration): reputare (to reckon over in one’s mind, as it were; to calculate the probable result of anything, with secum, animo, or cum animo): praevidere, providere or prospicere; also with animo; futura praevidere: quae sunt futura prospicere (to foresee). To forecast a plan, rationem inire de aliqua re perficienda.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for forecast?
- The usual Latin words for “forecast” are cōgitātiō, cōnsilium, prōvidentia; also prōvīsiō, animus, cōnsīderō. 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.