English → Latin
“barter” in Latin
mūtōto move, remove; to alter, change, modify, transform; to vary, diversifymūtātiōchange, alteration; interchange, exchangeemōto buy, purchase; to acquire, procuresingulusone each, one apiece; each one, every one; one at a time, one by one
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
barter v.
INTR., mutare res inter se (general term): mutare or permutare merces: mutare or permutare aliquid: with anybody, res mutare cum aliquo (general term); merces mutare cum aliquo; do you wish to barter? vin commutemus? TR., commutare aliquid: one thing for another, mutare aliquid aliqua re or (mostly) cum aliqua re; permutarealiquid aliqua re.
barter s.
mutatio; permutatio mercium: mutatio ementium (the barter of persons making purchases in this way, Tac.): to purchase by barter, res inter se mutare; emere (singula) non pecunia sed ompensatione mercium. To introduce traffic by barter, res inter se mutare instituere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for barter?
- The usual Latin words for “barter” are mūtō, mūtātiō, emō; also singulus. 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.