English → Latin
“cheap” in Latin
vīlischeap, inexpensive; base, vile, mean, worthless, cheap, paltryparvussmall; little; puny; cheap; petty; trifling; ignorable; unimportant
The English word cheap itself goes back to Latin caupō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cheap
vilis (the proper word, opposed to carus): parvi or non magni pretii: non magno parabilis (to be purchased for a moderate sum). Cheap times, vititas (opposed to caritas): vilitas annonae (with reference to the price of corn: opposed to caritas annonae). To be cheap, parvi pre tii esse: parvo pretio vendi. To buy anything cheap, aliquid parvo pretio emere; aliquid aere pauco emere (Gell.): as cheap as possible, quam minimo pretio. Dog cheap, vilissimo pretio. To come off cheap, levi poend defungi, or *leviore quam pro delicto poena defungi.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cheap?
- The usual Latin words for “cheap” are vīlis, parvus. 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.