English → Latin
“disband” in Latin
dīmittōto send away, send forth, send off, dismiss, let go; to renounce, give up, abandon, forego, forsake; to pardon, forgive,mittōto send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge; to put out, extend, reach out (one's hand); to announce, telsacrāmentuma sum of money deposited in pledge by two individuals involved in a suit, the money of the loser in the suit being used exauctōrōto dismiss, discard or cashier (for ignominious cause)exercitusexercise; trouble, affliction; an exercised, disciplined body of men, an armymissīcĭusdischarged from military service
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
disband
dimittere (military proper word; e.g., exercitum, etc.): mittere: missos facere: missionem dare (to give soldiers, etc., their dismissal): sacramento or militia solvere (to free from their obligation to serve): exauctorare (Liv.; not pre-Augustan: in the time of emperors to dismiss those who had served at most 16 years, whereas mittere was applied to those who had served 20 years or more; Vid: Tac., Ann., 1, 36; Bremi ad Suet., Oct., 24). That all the troops should be disbanded and sent home, ut omnes milites exauctorati domum dimitterentur (Liv.): to disband themselves, se exauctorare (Liv.). Disbanded, missicius (e.g., missicii Praetoriani, Suet., Ner., 48).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for disband?
- The usual Latin words for “disband” are dīmittō, mittō, sacrāmentum; also exauctōrō, exercitus, missīcĭus. 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.