English → Latin
“congé” in Latin
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
congé
a bow, corporis inclinatio (of men): *genuum fiexio (of women).
Leave, discharge, dismissio (dismission from service, of servants and soldiers): missio (the discharge of soldiers): to give anybody his congé, alicui commeatum dare (PROP., of soldiers, but also of other things): to ask for his congé, commeatum petere. [Vid. LEAVE, FAREWELL.]
In architecture, apophysis: apothesis (apophygis is erroneous; Vid: Schneider, Vitr., 4, 1, 11, and 4, 7, 3), the inflected part on the roof of a column.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for congé?
- The usual Latin words for “congé” are missiō, apophysa. 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.