English → Latin
“arrest” in Latin
comprehēnsiōa seizing, taking hold of, catching; arrest, apprehension; a comprehension, perception, idea, understanding; an expressicomprehendōto lay hold of something on all sides; take or catch hold of, grasp, grip; to seize upon in a hostile manner, lay hold oretineōto keep or hold back, detain, restrain, retain, confine, contain; delay; to hold in check, repress, check, stop, stay; tmororto linger, loiter, spend time with; to delay, hinder; to delay, hinderremororto stay, tarry, linger, loiter; to delay, detain, obstruct, hinder; to keep (one) waitingtardōto check or retard, hinder, impede or delay; to hesitateretardōto hinder, delay, detain, impede or retardteneōto hold, have; to grasp; to possess, occupy, control; to watch, guard, maintain, defend; to retain, keepsustineōto hold up or upright, uphold, support, sustain; to keep up, bear up, tolerate; to hold or keep back or in, stay, check,reprimōto repress; to check, prevent or restrain
The English word arrest itself goes back to Latin stō, through *arrestō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
arrest s.
comprehensio. To put under arrest, comprehendere (of the person arresting): in custodiam dare (of the person ordering the arrest). To be kept under arrest, in custodia haberi or seivari; custodia teneri or retineri.
arrest v.
comprehendere; in custodiam dare [Vid. ARREST, s.] : in vincula conjicere: alicui manus injicere (to lay hands upon; e.g., virgini minister decemviri manus injecit, Liv., 3, 44, 6). To arrest one who was flying, e fugā retrahere aliquem.
Stop, delay: morari: remorari: moram facere alicui rei: moram afferre alicujus or alicui rei: moram et tarditatem afferre alicui rei (cause a delay in any thing): tardare: retardare (to retard the prosecution of anything; e.g., of a journey, of the pursuitof an enemy): tenere: retinere: sustinere (to stop the progress of something: a thief, a carriage, a horse): reprimere (to check forcibly: fugam hostium; redundantem lacum): arcere: cohibere (to hold anything off, so that it may not approach). To arrest anybody, morari, demorari, remorari aliquem (general term for delaying him): detinere, demorari et detinere aliquem (to draw him back, with reference to some object pursued by him): to arrest any body on a journey, retardare aliquem in via; remorari alicujus iter: to arrest anybody’s pursuit of an enemy, tardare aliquem ad insequendumhostem (of a marsh or other obstacle): the progress of a war, moram et tarditatem atferre bello; morari celeritatem belli: the onset of the enemy, tardare or retardare hostium impetum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for arrest?
- The usual Latin words for “arrest” are comprehēnsiō, comprehendō, retineō; also moror, remoror, tardō. 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.