English → Latin
“ban” in Latin
exsecrātiōexecration, malediction, curse, hex; oath; abomination (cursed thing)dēvōtiōThe act of devoting or consecrating.; Fealty, allegiance, devotedness, deference.; Piety, devotion, zeal.imprecātiōimprecation, curse, hexanathemaoffering (especially the life of a person); curse; excommunicationexcommūnicātiōexcommunication (expulsion from the Christian communion)excommūnicōto excommunicateexsecrorto curse or execrate; to detestdēvoveōto vow, offer; promise; devote, dedicate; to mark out, appoint, destine; (poetic) to bewitch, curse (by devoting to the
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
ban
an interdiction: (1) Secular, aquae et ignis interdictio: to place under a ban, aqua et igni interdicere alicui. (2) Ecclesiastical, sacrificiorum interdictio; anathema, atis, neuter, excommunicatio: to place under a ban, sacrificiis interdicere alicui (Caes., B.G., 6, 13, where the expression is thus explained; quibus ita interdictum, ii numero impiorum ac sceleratorum habentur; iis omnes decedunt, aditum eorum sermonemque defugiunt, ne quid ex contagione incommodi accipiant; neque iis petentibus jus redditur, neque honos ullus communicatur); aliquem anathematizare; excommunicare (Scriptores Ecclesiastici); also devovere aliquem.
Curse, exsecratio; devotio; imprecatio.
Bans of marriage, praeconia sponsalitia: futurarum nuptiarum promulgatio. In the canon law, proclamationes sponsi et sponsae in ecclesiis fieri solitae.
Ban of the empire, proscriptio ab imperatore et ordinibus Germaniae irrogata, and from context merely proscriptio.
ban v.
exsecrari; devovere; diras alicui imprecari; aliquem detestari; detestari in caput alicujus minas et pericula: detestari in caput alicujus iram deorum. According to Döderlein, exsecrari means “to curse”, when one would exclude a guilty person from human society, as devoted to the infernal gods, in opposition to blessing; detestari means “to curse”, when one wishes to deprecate evil by an appeal to the gods against a person or thing, in opposition to “praying in behalf of” (Hand-book, p. 1).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for ban?
- The usual Latin words for “ban” are exsecrātiō, dēvōtiō, imprecātiō; also anathema, excommūnicātiō, excommūnicō. 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.