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“statement” in Latin
ratiōreason, reasoning, explanation, ground, motive, rationality, rationale, purpose; calculation, account, accounting, reckodēscrīptiōdescription; diagram, plan; transcript, copydēsignātiōa designating, describing, marking out, specification; a disposition, arrangementindiciuminformation, evidence, discovery, notice; reward for information; indication, sign, proof, tokendēlātiōaccusation, denunciation; carrying, conveyanceprofessiōdeclaration, avowal, profession (act of professing); occupation, profession (professional employment)argūmentātiōargumentation; proofcōnfirmātiōconfirmation, verification; corroboration; confirmation (sacrament)auctōritāscredibility, prestige, reputation, importance; influence, weight, personal weight; power, ability, authoritynōmenname; short for nomen gentile, nomen, the family name in a Roman name, indicating the person's gens; title
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
statement
ratio: descriptio: designatio (a description, sketch): indicium (in a court of justice): delatio (information, notice): libellus de aliquo datus (in writing, Plin., Ep., 7, 27, 11): professio (with or without bonorum, statement of property; or nominis, of one’s name; especially before a magistrate; Vid: Herzog, Caes., B.G., 7, 2): argumentatio: confirmatio (in rhetoric, a statement of the grounds or proofs with which one supports his argument): auctoritas (allegation of a writer; Vid: Cic., Caecin., 23, 65). According to the statement of Livy, Livio narrante; Livio auctore or teste; si sequaris Livium auctorem or Livii auctoritatem: to make a statement, indicare aliquem (as an accuser); nomen alicujus deferre (to give in the name of anyone before the judge); accusare aliquem (to make a formal accusation); dare de aliquo libellum (to hand in a written accusation against anyone; Plin., Ep., 7, 27, 11): to make a statement of anything against anyone, deferre aliquid ad aliquem: to make a false statement, calumniari aliquem: an old woman made this statement to me, id indicium mihi anus fecit.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for statement?
- The usual Latin words for “statement” are ratiō, dēscrīptiō, dēsignātiō; also indicium, dēlātiō, professiō. 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.