English → Latin
“booty” in Latin
praedaplunder, booty, pillage, spoils of war, property taken in war; prey, game taken in the hunt; gain, profitrapiōto snatch, grab, carry off, abduct, rape, steal; to snatch (oneself); take off, hurryspoliōto strip, deprive or rob of covering or clothing, uncover, bare, unclothe; to strip, deprive or rob of arms or equipmentexuviaespoils, booty; skin of a snake etc. sloughed off; remains (that which has been taken off)mănŭbĭaemoney obtained from the sale of bootysectiōcutting off, cutting up; mowing; surgerypraedorto acquire loot, such as through robbery or war; to pillage, plunder, despoil; to ravage, rob, take
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
booty
praeda; raptum (got by robbery). Booty in arms, banners, etc., spolia: in arms stripped from the enemy, exuviae. The general’s share of the booty, manubiae: the state’s, sectio. To make booty, praedari; praedam or praedas facere; praedam or praedas agere (of men and cattle; also with hominum pecorumque): rapere, rapinas facere. To live by booty (robbed), vivere rapto.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for booty?
- The usual Latin words for “booty” are praeda, rapiō, spoliō; also exuviae, mănŭbĭae, sectiō. 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.