English → Latin
“visitation” in Latin
spectātiōsight, spectacle; examination, inspection; respect, regard, considerationcēnseōto give an opinion; to think, suppose or judge; to recommend, adviserecēnseōto count, enumerate, reckon or survey; to review, examine, survey or muster; to go over, revise or reviewscrūtātĭoa searchingperscrūtātĭoa searching through
The English word visitation itself goes back to Latin vīsō, through vīsitātiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
visitation
Visit for inspection, etc., spectatio: census: recensus: scrutatio: perscrutatio (examination). To hold a visitation, agere censum (Bauer): our worthy archdeacon held his visitation yesterday, there were fifty clergy present, *egregius ille archidiaconus noster agebat censum hesterno die, aderant e clericis quinquaginta.
Infliction, Vid: VISITING-CARD, charta salutatrix (after Martialis, 9, 100, 2).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for visitation?
- The usual Latin words for “visitation” are spectātiō, cēnseō, recēnseō; also scrūtātĭo, perscrūtātĭo. 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.