English → Latin
“oversight” in Latin
cūracare, concern, thought; pains, industry, diligence, exertion; anxiety, grief, sorrowcustōdiaprotection, safekeeping; custody, guardianship; prisonertūtēlatutelage, guardianship; dependent, client; watching, keeping, charge, carepraesidiumdefence, protection, guardianship; help, aid, assistance; guard, garrison, convoy, escortimprūdēnsignorant of; unaware; inadvertent, imprudentincūrialack of care, carelessness, negligence, neglectpraesumto be before something; to preside or rule over; to lead, take the leadcūrōto arrange, see to, attend to, take care of, look after, ensure, tend to; to heal, cure; to govern, command, preside overegōto rule, govern, direct; to guide, steer, control; to oversee, manage
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
oversight
Care, charge, cura (care of anything): custodia (guard, watchful oversight). (The words are found in this connection and order.) cura custodiaque: tutela (protecting oversight): praesidium (by a president): praefectura morum (of the public morals): to have the oversight of a thing, praeesse, praefectum esse alicui rei; alicui rei praesidere (as president): curare, regere, moderari aliquid (to manage, administer, etc.): to intrust to any one the oversight of anything, credere alicui alicujus rei custodiam; aliquid in custodiam alicujus concredere or committere: to commit to anyone the oversight of a person, aliquem alicujus curae custodiaeque mandare.
Want of care, negligence, imprudentia; incuria; negligentia.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for oversight?
- The usual Latin words for “oversight” are cūra, custōdia, tūtēla; also praesidium, imprūdēns, incūria. 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.