English → Latin
“away” in Latin
tollōto raise, lift up, elevate; to remove, take away, steal, rob; to destroy, eliminate, annulauferōto take or snatch away; take by force, remove, take away violently, abduct, rob, steal, snatch, confiscate; to lay asideabeōto depart, go away, go off, exit; to change one's nature; synonym of eōprofānussecular, unconsecrated, profane; impious, wicked; ignorant, unlearned
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
away
away with: tolle (tollite): aufer (auferte) aliquid: away with you, abi! apage te! amove te hinc: abi in malam rem (Comedy = “go to the devil”). Away with you, ye profane, procul este, profani! Away with this nonsense, pellantur istae ineptiae: contemnamus istas ineptias. Away with this kind of deliberation, hoc quidem genus deliberantium tollatur e medio!
To be away, abesse: procul esse.
In composition, “away” is mostly translated by verbs compounded with a, ab, de, pro, ex. To fly, avolare: to hasten away, aufugere, avolare: se proripere: to flee away, aufugere, profugere (the latter especially secretly): to lead away, abducere: deducere: to drive away, abigere (PROP.): pellere: propellere: expellere: to carry away with one, secum asportare: to drag away by force, vi abducere or abstrahere: to go away, abire; discedere.
To away with any thing (= endure), Vid: BEAR
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for away?
- The usual Latin words for “away” are tollō, auferō, abeō; also profānus. 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.