English → Latin
“bankrupt” in Latin
dēcoctorbankrupt (defaulted debtor)conturbōto confuse, confound; to throw into confusion; to disturb, disquiet; to become bankrupt; to throw accounts into disarraycorruōto fall down, totter, collapse; (rare) to overthrowcadōto fall, to fall out; to fall in battle, die, be slain, fall so as to be unable to rise; to be frustrated, fail, to be odēcoquōto boil away or down; to boil (cook); to diminish, repress, consume, waste; to concoct, fabricate, inventcrēditorcreditor, lender
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bankrupt
aere dirutus: decoctor (through extravagance): bonis eversus: a fraudulent bankrupt, creditorum fraudator: to become a bankrupt, a mensa surgere; dissolvere argentariam (of a banker); cedere foro (of a tradesman): conturbare (absolutely): corruere, cadere (opposed to stare): decoquere, with or without creditoribus; aere dirui: to become a complete bankrupt, naufragium omnium fortunarum facere: to become a bankrupt through misfortune, and not by one’s own fault, fortuna vitio non suo decoquere: to be near being a bankrupt, in aere alieno vacillare. ☞ Observe that decoquere is used for one who, by a private arrangement, assigns his property to his creditors.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bankrupt?
- The usual Latin words for “bankrupt” are dēcoctor, conturbō, corruō; also cadō, dēcoquō, crēditor. 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.