English → Latin
“alienate” in Latin
aliēnōto change the nature of a person or thing into something else; to make something the property of another, transfer by saabaliēnōto make alien from someone, alienate (from), estrange, make hostile, remove, separate; to dispose, detach, abstract, sepvēndōto sell, vendabdūcōto lead away or aside, take away, bring away, carry off; detach, remove; to take (with one) to dine; to take asideabstrahōto draw away from, drag or pull away; to withdraw, alienate from; to divert, draw awayaliēnusOf that which belongs to another person, place, or object—of another, alien, foreign; unfriendly, inimical, hostile, susāversusturned or facing away; rear; averse
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
alienate
Part with to another possessor, alienare, abalienare: vendere. (The words are found in this connection and order), vendere et alienare; vendere et abalienare: a part of anything, deminuere de aliqua re. To be alienated, alienari: venire atque a vobis alienari; or venire atque in perpetuutn a vobis alienari.
Estrange, alienare aliquem (a se: sibi, Velleius Paterculus, 2, 112); alicujus voluntatem, animum alienare (a se, or absolutely, Caes., B.G, 7, 10): abducere, abstrahere, subducere aliquem ab aliquo (of things). To be alienated, alienari, voluntate alienari: desciscere ab aliquo: deserere aliquem.
alienate adj.
ab aliqua aversus, alienatus, alienus: alicui or in aliquem malevolus (wishing him ill): alicui inimicus. To be alienated from anybody, ab aliquo animo esse alieno or averso.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for alienate?
- The usual Latin words for “alienate” are aliēnō, abaliēnō, vēndō; also abdūcō, abstrahō, aliēnus. 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.