English → Latin
“denizen” in Latin
impertiōto bestow, impart, entrust; to share; to communicatetribuōto grant, bestow, assign, attribute; to yield, give up, concede, allow; to divide, share, distributerecipiōto take back, (i.e., regain possession of something); to recapture; to receive, accept, admitsuscipiōto take up, acknowledge; to undertake, assume, begin, incur, enter upon (especially when done voluntarily and as a favor
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
denizen v.
civitatem alicui dare, impertiri, tribuere; civitate aliquem donare; diploma civitatis alicui offerre (Suet., Ner., 12); aliquem in civitatem accipere, recipere, or suscipere; aliquem ascribere civitati, or in civitatem; aliquem in civitatem, or in numerum civium asciscere. ☞ If the notion of “imperfect citizenship” is to be intimated, civitas must receive some modifying addition; e.g., sine suffragio.
denizen
non optimo jure civis: civis inquilinus (applied contemptuously to Catiline by Cic.): civitati ascriptus (if inferiority of right need not be intimated): qui jus civitatis accepit, etc.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for denizen?
- The usual Latin words for “denizen” are impertiō, tribuō, recipiō; also suscipiō. 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.