English → Latin
“trial” in Latin
tentātiōtemptation; trial, proofspectātiōsight, spectacle; examination, inspection; respect, regard, considerationexāmenswarm of bees; crowd; tongue of a balance; a consideration, an examiningdēlīberātiōdeliberation, consultation, considerationrĕpŭtātĭoA reckoningcōnsīderātiōgaze, inspection (act of looking); contemplation, considerationcōnorto try, attemptperīculumtrial, experiment, attempt, proof, essay; risk, hazard, danger, peril; ruin, destructionexperīmentumtest, trial, experiment; experiencetentāmenan attempt; a literary attempt: an essay
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
trial
Examination, tentatio: spectatio: examen: deliberatio: reputatio: consideratio. [SYN. in EXAMINATION].
Attempt, conatus: periculum: experimentum [SYN. in ATTEMPT]: tentamen (only in Ovid, but probably current also in prose). An unsuccessful trial, res infeliciter tentata: to make a trial, periculum facere (alicujus rei); conatum facere or incipere.
Legal trial, quaestio (the inquiry). To put anybody on his trial, aliquem lege interrogare: quaerere ex aliquo: quaestionem habere de or ex aliquo: quaestionem ponere in aliquem: for anything, audire de aliqua re; quaestionem habere or instituere de aliqua re; aliquem lege alicujus rei (or alicujus rei only) interrogare: to be put upon one’s trial, lege interrogari. [Vid: ACTION for more phrases.]
Trials = misfortunes sent to try us, *calamitates virtutis spectandae causa divinitus allatae; also labores (hardships).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for trial?
- The usual Latin words for “trial” are tentātiō, spectātiō, exāmen; also dēlīberātiō, rĕpŭtātĭo, cōnsīderātiō. 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.