English → Latin
“charity” in Latin
careōto lack, be without. (usually with ablative), to be deprived of; to be separated fromstipsa gift, donation, contribution; alms, dole, charitybeneficiumbenefit; favour, favor, kindness, serviceAmmiānusa masculine praenomen, famously held bycāritāsdearness; costliness, high price; charity, love, attitude of kindness
The English word charity itself goes back to Latin cārus, through cāritās.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
charity
Christian love, caritas (Eccl., Augustin).
Alms, stips: beneficium (as good deed). To ask for charity, stipem emendicare ab aliquo: to live by charity, aliena misericordia vivere (Cic.); stipe precaria victitare (Ammianus, 26, 10); mendicantem vivere (Plaut.): by anybody’s charity, *ope alicujus sustentatum vivere. To give away money in charity, stipem conferre in egentes: stipe sublevare egentium inopiam.
To be in charity with anybody, bene velle alicui; amicum esse alicui: to be out of charity with anybody, iratum or iratum et offensum esse alicui. Charity begins at home, proximus sum egomet mihi (Ter.); ego mihi melius esse malo, quam alteri (after Ter., Andria, 2, 2, 16).
Charity
Charitas, -atis (f.)
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for charity?
- The usual Latin words for “charity” are careō, stips, beneficium; also Ammiānus, cāritās. 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.