English → Latin
“regiment” in Latin
chīlias1000, the number one thousand; chiliad, a group of 1000 things; millennium, a group of 1000 yearslegiōA legion.petōto ask, beg, request, look for, inquire, petition, entreat; to make for (somewhere); to seek, aim at, desirepraeficiōto place in command, put in chargetribūnātustribuneship (office of a tribune)
The English word regiment itself goes back to Latin regō, through regimentum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
regiment
Government, Vid:
A body of soldiers under one colonel, usually rendered by the Greek chilias; better, perhaps, by legio. A regiment of cavalry, turma equitum: the band of a regiment, *milites symphoniaci (analogous to pueri symphoniaci, Cic., Mil., 21, 55): to ask a regiment for anybody, petere (ab aliquo) praefecturam (i. e., of cavalry) alicui, or tribunatum (both Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for regiment?
- The usual Latin words for “regiment” are chīlias, legiō, petō; also praeficiō, tribūnātus. 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.