English → Latin
“state” in Latin
statusstate, status, condition; position, place; rank, statusconditiōa making, creating; condition, status, position, circumstancelocusplace (referring to a specific location); a passage of literature; opportunity; cause; occasion; groundscausacause, reason; case, claim, contention; cause, judicial process, lawsuitcīvitāscitizenship and its rights; often referring to Roman citizenship.; the state, body politic, citizens of a territory (colrēgnumroyal power, power, control, reign; kingdom, realm, throne; kingship, royaltyimperiumThe empire, state, imperial government, realm, dominion.; The right or power to command or be in control; dominion.; Absōrdōa methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series; a class, station, condition, rank; a group or magnificentiagreatness, magnificence; nobleness, eminence; magnanimity, generositysplendorsheen, brightness, brilliance, luster, splendor; renown, fame
The English word state itself goes back to Latin stō, through stātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
state s.
Condition, status: conditio (conditio is lasting, status transient): locus (the situation of a person or thing as brought about by circumstances; Vid: Herzog, Caes., B.G., 2, 26): causa (any unusual, embarrassing state, of which the end is still uncertain): res (circumstances in the widest sense). A good or flourishing state, bonus status; bona conditio; bonus locus; res bonae, or secundae, or florentes: to be in the same or in a similar state, in eodem loco esse; in eadem causa esse; eadem est mea causa: to find one’s self in a better state, in meliore conditione or in meliore causa esse; meliore loco res meae sunt: to be in a wretched state, in summa infelicitate versari; pessimo loco esse: to be in a bad state, deteriore statu esse: to keep anything in a good state, aliquid integrum et incolume servare; aliquid tueri: to restore anything to its former state, in pristinum restituere; in antiquum statum restituere (general term); in integrum restituere (especially in juridical matters); reficere; restituere (to mend): to remain in its original state, statum suum tenere (to remain as it was); integrum manere (to remain uninjured): a hopeless state, res pessimae, perditae: Planius is in nearly the same state, eadem fere causa est Planii: the state of affairs, rerum status: the state of affairs is entirely changed, magna facta est rerum commutatio; versa sunt omnia: the unfavorable state of affairs, iniquitas rerum or temporum: according to the state of affairs (circumstances), pro re; pro re nata; pro rei conditione or statu; ut res se habet; ut res fert.
Commonwealth, civitas (the whole body of persons in the full enjoyment of civil rights and privileges, and lords of the soil): res publica (with reference to the public institutions and ordinances, as designed for the common good): res (with reference to its power and influence): regnum (a kingdom): imperium (an empire). Office of state, munus reipublicae magistratus (of a magistrate): business or affairs of state, publica res; publicum negotium: records of the state, state papers, tabulae publicae: a servant of the state, homo publicus; magistratus: great officers of state, summis honoribus fungentes or functi: to enter upon the service of the state, rempublicam or magistratus capessere; ad rempublicam accedere: revenues of the state, vectigalia, -ium, nominative plur.; pecuniae vectigales; publici fructus: a state prisoner, qui in custodia, publica est: a state secret, arcanum aulicorum consilium: it is a state secret, hoc taciturn, tamquam mysterium, tenent aulici (Vid: Cic., De Or., 3, 17, 64): the good of the state, rationes or utilitas reipublicae; communis omnium utilitas: for the good of the state, e republica: a robe of state, vestis forensis (opposed to vestis domestica): a state coach, carpentum; pilentum: a minister of state, socius et administer reipublicae regendae; amicus regis, qui semper adest in consilio et omnium rerum civilium habetur particeps (Vid: Nep., Eum., 1, 6): council of state, consilium publicum (Cic., Mil., 33, 90); consilium reipublicae (Flor., 1, 1, 15): religion of the state, sacra publica, nominative plur.: the helm of the state, gubernacula reipublicae, civitatis, or imperii: to preside at the helm of the state, ad gubernacula reipublicae sedere; gubernaculis reipublicae assidere; gubernacula reipublicae tractare; clavum imperii tenere: the constitutions of the state, civitatis forma or status; reipublicae ratio or modus; reipublicae genus: to give a constitution to the state, rempublicam institutis temperare; rempublicam or imperium constituere.
A higher class of citizens, ordo.
Pomp, splendor, magnificentia: splendor: apparatus: cultus: supellex ad ostentationem luxus comparata (Cic.).
state v.
indicare (to point out, disclose): edere (to state publicly): profiteri aliquid: professionem alicujus rei edere or conficere (to profess, make a public return or declaration): memorare: commemorare (to mention; of writers, etc.): auctorem esse alicujus rei (to be a voucher for anything; likewise of writers): significare (to give to understand by signs): monstrare (to show, call attention to). To state anything verbally and explicitly, pronuntiare (Vid: Cic., Off., 3, 16, 66): to state his debts, aes alienum profiteri: to state one’s income (to a magistrate), profiteri (apud praetorem): to state one’s property too low, censum extenuare: to state all things accurately, omnia diligenter persequi.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for state?
- The usual Latin words for “state” are status, conditiō, locus; also causa, cīvitās, rēgnum. 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.