English → Latin
“hearing” in Latin
audītiōa listening, hearing; a rumor, hearsay, report; a lesson, instruction, lectureaudiōto hear, listen to; to attend, pay attention to; to accept, agree with, obeymētiorto measure or estimate; to distribute or mete out; to traverseaurisear
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
hearing
(1) (1) A hearing, auditio [Vid: HEARSAY].
(2) (2) The sense or power of hearing, auditus: sensus audiendi (the sense of hearing): auditus membra, -orum (the organs of hearing): aurium judicium or mensura (so far as a person judges by it; Vid: Cic., N.D., 2, 58, 146; De Or., 3, 47, extr): an imperfect hearing, auditus imbecillitas: hardness of hearing, auditus, or aurium, or audiendi gravitas; aurium or audientis tarditas (so far as anybody hears very slowly): to be hard of hearing, *auribus tardis esse; *tarde audire; surdastrum esse (general term, to be somewhat deaf; Cic., Tusc., 5, 40, 1 16: ☞ Neither graviter audire, i. e., to hear with indignation, nor male audire, i. e., to be evil spoken of, belongs here): a fine hearing, auditus sollers (PROP.; e.g., of the fox): to lose the sense of hearing, etc. [Vid: “to be, to become DEAF”].
(3) (3) The listening to what another says, audientia (attention to a person speaking, especially so far as it is procured for a speaker in a public assembly by means of the herald or crier; Vid: Liv., 43, 16): to obtain or procure a hearing for anybody, alicui aures impetrare (general term, to secure attention to anybody): alicui audientiam facere (especially of a speaker in a public assembly, of the herald): to obtain a hearing, audiri: to find a favorable hearing, benigne audiri (of persons): not to obtain a hearing, non audiri (general term; of persons); causae probandae veniam non impetrare (for one’s defence; ☞ Cic., Sull., 1, extr.); non admitti (not to be admitted, of persons). I receive a favorable hearing, ab aliquo audior; aliquid ab aliquo auditur (e.g., a request): to give or grant a hearing, audire aliquem (general term, to hear or listen to anybody; then to hear or listen to him in order to follow him); aures praebere alicui and alicui rei (to lend an ear to a person or thing, also aures alicui dare or dedere; ☞ audientiam alicui praestare is not Latin); aliquem admittere (to allow anybody to come before one to plead his cause); causae probandae veniam alicui dare (to allow him to prove his statement, etc.). To give an attentive, very attentive hearing to anybody, attente, perattente audire aliquem; aliquem diligenter attendere; ab ore alicujus pendere (Verg., Aen., 4, 79): silentio auditur aliquis (is listened to in silence): to give a willing hearing to, faciles habere aures: to obtain a hearing, facere sibi or orationi audientiam: to give an impartial hearing to, aequo animo or aequis auribus accipere aliquid; aequus audio aliquid (Liv., 5, 6): not to obtain a favorable hearing, minus aequis auribus audiri: the king has no time to grant him a hearing, non vacat sermoni suo rex.
Reach of the ear, extent within which sound can be heard: to be within hearing, audiri posse: in my hearing, me audiente.
Judicial hearing, cognitio (cs or alicujus rei).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for hearing?
- The usual Latin words for “hearing” are audītiō, audiō, mētior; also auris. 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.