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“senate” in Latin
senātusalternative letter-case form of Senātus (“the Roman Senate”); senate, a council of elders, parliament, or similar delibepactuman agreement, bargain, pact; a means, manner, method, considerationconvocōto assemble, convene, convoke, summon, call together
The English word senate itself goes back to Latin senex, through senātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
senate
senatus, -ūs. In speaking of this assembly, Cic. says, summum consilium orbis terrae (Phil., 7, 7, 19); publicum orbis terrae consilium (Fam., 3, 8, 4). A decree of the Senate, senatus consultum (when formally sanctioned by the tribunes of the people, and so having received the force of law); senatus auctoritas (PROP., a measure proposed, but not carried, yet sometimes used for senatus consultum); senatus or patrum decretum (a decree of the Senate investing magistrates with authority for the discharge of some special duty, or ratifying and giving force of law to decrees of the people): a sitting of the Senate, conventus senatus; senatus: to call a Senate, senatum vocare or convocare (to summon); senatum cogere (to send for individual members): to dismiss the Senate, mittere or dimittere senatum: a full Senate, senatus frequens
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for senate?
- The usual Latin words for “senate” are senātus, pactum, convocō. 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.