English → Latin
“bar” in Latin
repāgulumbolt or bar for a door; restraint, limitō̆bexa bolt, bar; a barrier, wall; a hindrance, impediment, obstaclepessulusa bolt (of a door)sēruslate, too late; slow, tardyclaustruma bar, band, bolt; gate, door, bulwark; enclosure (confined space)iūdicōto examine judicially, judge, pass judgement, decide; condemn; to judge; proclaim; determine, conclude; adjudgesubselliuma low seat or bench; the bench (of a judge)forumpublic place, marketplace, forumcancellia latticeimpedīmentumimpediment, hindrance; luggage, equipage
The English word bar itself goes back to Latin barra, through *barra.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bar
between two rafters, tignum transversum.
For fastening doors, repagulum; obex: pessulus; sera; claustrum: to remove the bar, repagulum, or pessulum, or seram removere; seram demere; domum or januam reserare: to burst the bars, repagula convellere; claustra refringere.
Where causes are tried, judices: subsellia: forum. On my first appearance at the bar, ut primum form attigi. He has left the bar, salutem dixit foro. The bar requires a good, strong voice, subsellia graviorem et pleniorem vocem desiderant. To plead at the bar, causas agere. The bar (advocates, etc.), patroni causarum, jurisconsulti; corpus jurisconsultorum.
Of a tavern, cancelli.
In music, linea transversa.
An obstacle, impedimentum; mora.
Of gold, silver, later aureus; later argenteus: silver in bars, argentum non signatum forma, sed rudi pondere (Curt., 5, 2, 12).
bar
to fasten with a bar, obserare; ostium or fores obserare; pessulo januam claudere or occludere; pessulum foribus or ostio obdere.
FIG. to obstruct, impedire aliquem ab aliqua re, or merely aliqua re (never in aliqua re); impedimento esse alicui (alicui rei); ad aliquid (never in aliqua re) impedimentum afferre alicui rei faciendae; obstare or officere alicui and alicui rei alicujus.
To forbid, vetare with an accusative and infinitive following: interdicere alicui aliqua re (in the Golden Age, never alicui aliquid, or with ne following, denotes power to prevent): alicui praedicere, with ne or ut ne, denotes warning; interdicere alicui domo sua (Suet., Oct., 66).
To prevent, arcere aliquem re or ab aliqua re: propulsare aliquid ab aliquo, or aliquem aliqua re, or ab aliqua re.
Except, exclude: barring, excepto, -a, -is; nisi. Barring that, illud si exceperis, excluseris.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bar?
- The usual Latin words for “bar” are repāgulum, ō̆bex, pessulus; also sērus, claustrum, iūdicō. 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.