English → Latin
“demise” in Latin
locātiōdisposition, arrangement; renting, leasinglegōto collect, gather, bring together, catch; to choose, select; to appointtestāmentumwill, testament; testament (scripture of Christianity)locōto put, place, set; to arrange, establish; to lease, hire out, lendēlocōto let or hire outPetrōniusof or pertaining to the gens Petronia
The English word demise itself goes back to Latin mittō, through dēmissa.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
demise s.
Decease; the demise of anybody, decessus alicujus; discessus alicujus e vita; excessus e vita; obitus alicujus: on the day of his demise, eo ipso die, quo excessit e vita: on the evening before his demise, ad vesperum pridie quam excessit e vita:
Conveyance by lease or will, etc., locatio (by lease): legatum (property demised): testamentum (will); or circumlocution by legare, legatum scribere; legatum habere in testamento, etc.
demise v.
To lease, etc., locare: elocare.
To bequeath, legare alicui aliquid: alicui legatum scribere: to have anything demised to one, legatum habere in testamento: anything is demised to anybody, aliquis legatum habet in alicujus testamento (Petronius, 141, 2): to demise the greatest part of his estate to anybody, aliquem heredem ex asse instituere: to demise the whole of his property to anybody, aliquem heredem omnibus bonis instituere: to demise half, the third part of his property to anybody, aliquem heredem ex dimidia parte, ex tertia parte, or ex teruncio instituere. Vid: “to LEAVE by will.”
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for demise?
- The usual Latin words for “demise” are locātiō, legō, testāmentum; also locō, ēlocō, Petrōnius. 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.