English → Latin
“abjure” in Latin
abiūrōto deny on oath, abjureēiūrōto abjure; to forswear, disown; to rejectēierōto abjure, resign, abdicate, renouncepatriafatherland, native land; homepaterfather (male parent); head of household; parent
The English word abjure itself goes back to Latin abiūrō, through abiūrāre.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
abjure
abjurare (to deny upon oath that I owe it): ejurare or ejerare (to renounce a thing with an oath; e.g., patriam, patrem, , etc., post-Augustan): renunciare alicui rei (e.g., public life, publicis negotiis; oysters for the rest of my life, ostreis in omnem vitam).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for abjure?
- The usual Latin words for “abjure” are abiūrō, ēiūrō, ēierō; also patria, pater. 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.