English → Latin
“compatriot” in Latin
populārispopular (by, of or for the people); of the same people or country; native, indigenouscīviscitizen; a subject (i.e., a person subject to a ruler)mūnicepscitizen (of a municipium)nosterour, ours
The English word compatriot itself goes back to Latin patriōta, through compatriota.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
compatriot
popularis (PROP., one of the same tribe; then, also, of the same country, state, vicinity, or town, for which Gell. only, 17, 17, has gentilis): qui ejusdem est civitatis: qui in eadem civitate natus est (from the same state, country; ☞ conterraneus, not found before Plin., praefat., § 1): civis (from the same town or city; concivis not Latin): municeps (citizen of the same municipium, the same municipal town): our compatriot, noster homo (Cic.): nostras; incola noster: popularis, civis, municeps noster: your compatriot, vestras (Vid: Charisius, 133, Plin.): our compatriots, populares nostri; homines nostri; also nostri only, or nostrates.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for compatriot?
- The usual Latin words for “compatriot” are populāris, cīvis, mūniceps; also noster. 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.