English → Latin
“confederacy” in Latin
foedustreaty, compact, alliance, truce, league; agreement, bond, contract, compact, pact, pledge, conditions, terms; covenantspōnsiōsolemn promise, bet, or agreementī̆cōto hit, strike or smite; to stab or sting; to make a treatyferiōto hit, to strike, to smite, to beat, to knock, injure; to cut, to thrust; to kill by striking, to slay, to give a deathpercutiōto strike, beat; to make an impression on the mind, touch, please, delight, astonish, shock; to kill
The English word confederacy itself goes back to Latin foederō, through cōnfoederātiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
confederacy
foedus (a public treaty, confirmed by the authority of the government; at Rome, by that of the Senate and the people): sponsio (between the chiefs of the hostile armies without being ratified by the Senate and people of the belligerent parties; Vid: Liv., 9, 5, in. non foedere pax Caudina, sed per sponsionem facta est): to enter into a confederacy with anybody, foedus cum aliquo facere, icere, ferire, percutere; foedus jungere cum aliquo; foedere jungi alicui; foedus inire cum aliquo: I am in a confederacy with anybody, mihi cum aliquo foedus est ictum: to receive anybody into a confederacy, aliquem foederi ascribere: to observe the terms of a confederacy, foedus servare; foedere stare; in fide manere: not to observe it, foedus negligere: to break the terms of a confederacy, foedus violare, rumpere, frangere; (the words are found in this connexion and order.) foedus violare frangereque.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for confederacy?
- The usual Latin words for “confederacy” are foedus, spōnsiō, ī̆cō; also feriō, percutiō. 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.