English → Latin
“abdicate” in Latin
dēpōnōto lay, set, put or place aside or away; deposit; to resign, get rid of, give up; to wager, stake, betmagistrātusa magistrate, official; a magisterial office, civil office, magistracy
The English word abdicate itself goes back to Latin ab, through abdicātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
abdicate
deponere: an office, magistratum deponere; magistratu se abdicare (very seldom magistratum abdicare); magistratu or honore abire; abscedere munere (Liv., 9, 3): the dictatorship, dictatura se abdicare: a government, imperium deponere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for abdicate?
- The usual Latin words for “abdicate” are dēpōnō, magistrātus. 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.