English → Latin
“inspector” in Latin
custōsa guard, protector, watchman; a guardian, tutor; a jailercūrōto arrange, see to, attend to, take care of, look after, ensure, tend to; to heal, cure; to govern, command, preside ovepraesessitting before (usually to guard or take care of something or someone), presider; protector, guard, guardian, defender; praeficiōto place in command, put in charge
The English word inspector itself goes back to Latin speciō, through īnspector.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
inspector
custos: curator (to whom the keeping or preservation of anything is entrusted): praeses: praefectus (who is placed over anything): exactor operis (who is to see that any task is performed with care). Inspector of the high-roads, curator viarum; of the streets, magister vici; vicomagister (Sext., Ruf.; the officer who attended to the cleaning of the streets, etc., in a quarter of the city). Inspector of police, denunciator (after second century of Christian era, Inscript., Orell, No. 5, 2544, and 3216). To make anybody inspector of anything, praeficere aliquem curatorem alicui rei, or only praeficere or praeponere aliquem alicui rei; custodem aliquem imponere alicui rei (seldom in aliqua re; e.g., in hortis, Nep., Cim., 4, 1; in frumento publico, Cic., pro Flacc., 41). Inspector of the picture galleries, qui est a pinacothecis (Inscript.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for inspector?
- The usual Latin words for “inspector” are custōs, cūrō, praeses; also praeficiō. 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.