Latin

Noun

arbitrium n ‎(genitive arbitriī); second declension

1. the decision of an arbiter
2. judgement, decision, opinion
3. mastery, dominion, authority

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• Catalan: albir
• French: arbitre
• Italian: arbitrio
• Portuguese: arbítrio, alvitre
• Spanish: albedrío, arbitrio

References

• arbitrium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• arbitrium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ARBITRIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “arbitrium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the decision of the question rests with you: penes te arbitrium huius rei est
    
  • to put the matter entirely in some one's hands: arbitrio alicuius omnia permittere
    
  • to put the matter entirely in some one's hands: omnium rerum arbitrium alicui permittere
    
  • just as you wish: arbitratu, arbitrio tuo
    
  • to be at the beck and call of another; to be his creature: totum se fingere et accommodare ad alicuius arbitrium et nutum
    
  • to come before the tribunal of the critics: in existimantium arbitrium venire (Brut. 24. 92)
    
  • aristocracy (as a form of government): civitas, quae optimatium arbitrio regitur