English → Latin
“confiscate” in Latin
cōnfiscōto seize for the public treasury; to confiscatepūblicōto seize, to confiscate, to make public property, to nationalize; to make public, to let be known in the public, to publprōscrībōto advertise, proclaim; to publish; to proscribe, banScaevolaa cognomen of the gens Mucia and othersveniōto come (to a place), come in, arrive, reach; of metaphorical movement in general; to approachMārciānusof or pertaining to Mārcus or Mārcius, Marcian
The English word confiscate itself goes back to Latin fiscus, through cōnfiscātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
confiscate
confiscare: in fiscum redigere (to confiscate for the benefit of the imperial treasury, property, etc.): publicare: in publicum addicere: proscribere (to take away for the benefit of the state; proscribere, if it is done by public notice): commisso tollere: commisso vindicare (to declare forfeited to the treasury on account of arrears of taxes, Scaevola, Dig., 19, 2, 61, extr.: Paul. Dig., 39, 4, 11: in the same manner, to be confiscated, in commissum cadere or venire, Marcianus, Dig., 39, 4, 16, at the beginning. Quint., Decl., 341).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for confiscate?
- The usual Latin words for “confiscate” are cōnfiscō, pūblicō, prōscrībō; also Scaevola, veniō, Mārciānus. 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.