English → Latin
“buy” in Latin
emōto buy, purchase; to acquire, procuremercorto trade, deal, sellredimōto buy back, repurchase, redeem; to atone for; to ransomēmercorto bribe (win or buy through bribery)nūndinorto trade or trafficbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant; right; usefulemāxfond of buyingemācitāsA desire to buy things
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
buy
emere (general term): mercari (to buy as a formal transaction, mostly as the mercantile conclusion, of a bargain): redimere (things not PROP. articles of trade, but which the buyer might claim as his due, or ought to receive gratuitously; as peace, justice, love. etc., Döderlein): emercari (PROP. and figuratively): nundinari (also to buy by a bribe). To buy at auction, emere in auctione: (of public revenues) redimere. To buy a bargain, bene or recte emere. To have a mind to buy, emturire. Fond of buying, emax: a love of buying, emacitas. A buying. emtio. To buy and sell, mercari, mercaturam facere, nundinari. To buy up (buy together), coemere: (that others may not get it) praemercari. To buy up corn (in order to make it dear) comprimere frumentum. To buy off (bribe), corrumpere: (clear by a bribe) pecunia a supplicio liberare. To la himself be bought, pecuniam accipere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for buy?
- The usual Latin words for “buy” are emō, mercor, redimō; also ēmercor, nūndinor, bonus. 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.