English → Latin
“indictment” in Latin
libellusthe inner bark of a tree used for writing tablets; a little book, booklet, pamphlet (esp. a book written in pages ratherPaulusA cognomen of the Aemilius clan.; Paul (biblical figure).
The English word indictment itself goes back to Latin dictus, through indictō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
indictment
libellus (post-Augustan; ☞ not accusatorius libellus): nominis delatio. To prefer an indictment against anybody, *delationem nominis a judicibus selectis postulare in aliquem: libellum de aliquo dare (Plin., Ep., 7, 27, 11): to frame or draw up an indictment, libellum formare (Paullus, Dig., 48, 2, 3) or componere et formare († Juv.). To find an indictment (i. e., to find it a true bill), alicui delationem dare (the dative being the name of the prosecutor, whom the jury, by their finding, allow to prosecute, Cic., Div. in Coecil., 15, 49).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for indictment?
- The usual Latin words for “indictment” are libellus, Paulus. 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.