English → Latin
“adventure” in Latin
perīculumtrial, experiment, attempt, proof, essay; risk, hazard, danger, peril; ruin, destructionāleaa die; any game involving dice; the game of chancefacinusdeed, action, doing; adventure, venture, undertaking; crime, wickedness, evil deedfortūnafortune, luck; good fortune; misfortune (depending on context); destiny, fatevītalife; living, support, subsistence; a way of lifecaputthe head (of humans and animals); head; top; summit; point; end; extremity (beginning or end); origin; source; spring; htemereby chance, by accident, at random; without design, intent, or purpose; casually, fortuitously, rashly, heedlessly, thougcāsusa fall, downwards movement; accident, chance; an event, happening, occurrencemīrificuswonderful, amazing, miraculousinūsitātusunusual, uncommon, extraordinary
The English word adventure itself goes back to Latin adveniō, through *adventūra.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
adventure
Vide ACCIDENT; Chance.
Enterprise, periculum (danger): alea (game of hazard: hazard): facinus, facinus audax (bold deed): dimicatio fortunae or fortunarum, vitae or capitis (danger where one’s property or life is at stake).
At all adventures, temere.
Strange or remarkable occurrence, casus, *casus mirificus: res mirae, mirificae, inusitatae. I met with an adventure, res mirae, etc., evenerunt mihi.
adventure v.
Transitive, aliquid in aleam dare: ire in aleam alicujus rei (to peril or risk anything): aliquid audere (to dare anything): periculum alicujus rei or in aliqua re facere; aliquid tentare, experiri, periclitari (to try one’s luck in a dangerous business). (The words are found in this connection and order), experiri et periclitari. One’s life, committere se periculo mortis. Intransitive,
aleam subire, adire: se in casum dare (to run the risk): audere (to dare).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for adventure?
- The usual Latin words for “adventure” are perīculum, ālea, facinus; also fortūna, vīta, caput. 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.