English → Latin
“predicament” in Latin
genusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type, class; species (general classification, as of living things), taxon (of anicatēgoriaaccusation; predicament; categorypraedicāmentumthat which is predicated, a predicament, category; a preaching, discourselocusplace (referring to a specific location); a passage of literature; opportunity; cause; occasion; grounds
The English word predicament itself goes back to Latin praedicō, through praedicāmentum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
predicament
In logic, genus (general term genus, classical): categoria; or *praedicamentum (technical term).
Position, locus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for predicament?
- The usual Latin words for “predicament” are genus, catēgoria, praedicāmentum; also locus. 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.