English → Latin
“confiscation” in Latin
confiscātĭoa forfeiting, confiscationpūblicātiōconfiscation (to the public treasury); publication, proclamationcommittōto join together, unite, connect, put together; to practise or perpetrate wrong, do injustice; commit a crime; to beginprōscrīptiōadvertisement (public notice); proscriptionsectiōcutting off, cutting up; mowing; surgeryrēxking, ruler; despot, tyrant (during the time of the Republic when there were no kings and executive power was usually diflōrusyellow, blond; flowering; shining, brighttaxōto feel, to touch sharply, to handle; to charge, to twit, to reproach, to censure; to rate, to appraise, to value, to esratisraft; pontoon bridge; boat, ship, vessel
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
confiscation
confiscatio (the confiscation of property for the benefit of the imperial treasury, regis: i. e., of his goods, Florus, 3, 9, 3): publicatio (confiscation of property for the benefit of the state): commissum (confiscation or appropriation of goods, etc, by the state for arrears, taxes, rates, etc.: juridical technical term in the times of the emperors): proscriptio (the dooming to death and confiscation): OBS., sectio was a sale by auction of booty or confiscated property.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for confiscation?
- The usual Latin words for “confiscation” are confiscātĭo, pūblicātiō, committō; also prōscrīptiō, sectiō, rēx. 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.