English → Latin
“destitution” in Latin
inopshelpless, destitute, indigent, poor; deprived, lacking, needy (+ genitive or ab + ablative); mean, wretched, contemptiblegestāsneed, want, povertymendīcitāsbeggary, mendicity, pauperism, indigencesōlitūdōAn instance of being alone; loneliness, solitariness, solitude, privacy; A lonely place; desert, wilderness; A state of
The English word destitution itself goes back to Latin statuō, through dēstitūtiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
destitution
inopia (want of resources): egestas: mendicitas (extreme poverty; beggary): solitudo (the stale of being left alone; also solitudo alicujus rei). (The words are found in this connection and order.) solitudo atque inopia; viduitas ac solitudo. To be reduced to destitution, *ad mendicitatem redigi; ad pudendam paupertatem delabi: to reduce a man to destitution, aliquem omnibus bonis*evertere; ad rerum omnium inopiam redigere: ☞ destitutio (rare; Cic.) is the “leaving in the lurch,” “desertion.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for destitution?
- The usual Latin words for “destitution” are inops, egestās, mendīcitās; also sōlitūdō. 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.