English → Latin
“alms” in Latin
stipsa gift, donation, contribution; alms, dole, charitybeneficiumbenefit; favour, favor, kindness, servicelargiorto grant, bestow, dispense, distribute, impart; to lavish or bestow; to give bribes
The English word alms itself goes back to Latin eleēmosyna, through *alemosyna.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
alms
stips (as a gift): beneficium (as a good deed). To give alms, stipem spargere, largiri: to collect alms, stipem cogere colligere: to beg for alms, stipem emendicare ab aliquo: to live on alms. aliena misericordia vivere; mendicantem vivere (Plaut., by begging for alms); stipe precarid victitare (Ammian., 26, 10): to live by anybody’s alms, *ope alicujus sustentatum vivere: to hold out one’s hand for an alm, manum ad etipem porrigere (Sen.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for alms?
- The usual Latin words for “alms” are stips, beneficium, largior. 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.