English → Latin
“judge” in Latin
iūdexjudge; decider, umpire; jurorcriticuscritical, decisiveaestimōto determine the value of something; value, price, rate, appraise, assess; estimate, reckon, consider, judge; to estimatexīstimōto value, or esteem, estimate, reckon, consider; to think, suppose, judge or considerquaesōto beg or ask (for); to seekarbiterwitness, spectator, onlooker; arbitrator, arbiter (having a wider power than a iūdex); judge, umpire, arbitrator, arbiteiūdicōto examine judicially, judge, pass judgement, decide; condemn; to judge; proclaim; determine, conclude; adjudge
The English word judge itself goes back to Latin iūs, through iūdex.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
judge
judex: qui judicat: qui judicium exercet (general terms): recuperator (judge named by the praetor, when the dispute is about the restoration of property): quaesitor (in a criminal cause): arbiter (arbitrator): summus magistratus (the highest magistrate; e.g., amongst the Jews). A sworn judge, judex juratus (the sworn judges at Rome for criminal causes, more nearly answering to our jury, were judices selecti or turba selectorum, chosen from senators, knights, and the tribuni aerarii). To be a judge, judicem esse; in any matter, de aliqua re; judicem sedere; judicium exercere; judicio praeesse: to appoint anybody a judge, aliquem judicem constituere: to have anybody for judge, aliquem judicem habere: to bring a cause, etc., before a judge, rem ad judicem deferre.
IMPROPR.,
Critic, one who pronounces a sound judgement on any subject, judex criticus, or criticus only, or, from context, judex: aestimator (so far as he estimates the value of a production): existimator (so far as after such valuation he pronounces his sentence: existimator est judex; aestimator qui pretium constituit, res inter se componit, ut quid praeferendum, quid posthabendum sit, intelligat; Gronov.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) aestimator et judex. A judge of poetry, judex poetarum: carminum aestimator: a judge of the arts, artium judex: an accomplished and critical judge of the arts, subtilis judex et callidus (Hor., Sat. 2, 7, 101).
judge v.
judicare (aliquid or de aliqua re, or de aliquo): dijudicare aliquid (to judge anything decisively; to decide anything): facere judicium alicujus rei, or de aliqua re, or de aliquo (to pronounce an opinion): aestimare aliquid: existimare de aliquo or de re (the former is to value, estimate; existimare, on the other hand, after having PROP. weighed the value of anything, to form and pronounce a judgement in accordance with it respecting its various relations). To judge according to equity, ex aequo judicare: to judge with impartial strictness, acrem se praebere alicujus rei judicem: to judge impartially, sine odio et sine invidia judicare: to judge of others by one’s self, de aliis ex se conjecturam facere; ex se de aliis judicare (after Nep., Ep., 6, 2). To judge for one’s self, suo judiciouti; suum judicium adhibere: let others judge for themselves, hoc alii videant. I am not able (authorized, etc.) to judge of this, hoc non est mei judicii (because it does not become me); hoc procul est a meojudicio (I do not understand such matters).
To deem; to think, Vid:
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for judge?
- The usual Latin words for “judge” are iūdex, criticus, aestimō; also exīstimō, quaesō, arbiter. 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.