English → Latin
“displace” in Latin
trānspōnōto place over or across; to transfertrānsferōto bear, carry or bring across or over; transport, transfer, convey over; to copy, transcribe, transfer; to carry along trādūcōto lead, bring, transport or conduct across or over something; to parade, lead along; make a show of, expose to public rtrānsmūtōto change, shift, transform, transmute; to transfer, removeremoveōto remove, take awaysummoveōto send or drive off or away; to remove, to dispel; to banish; to sell off, to clear off; to put or keep away, to withdrabrogōto abolish, abrogate, annul (all parts); recall; to take away, deprive (of)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
displace
To put out of place, loco suo movere: transponere (to put in another place, of things, loco movere also = to put out of an office, degrade, etc.; also in alium locum transponere; e.g., statuam in locum inferiorem): transferre (move to another place; of persons and things): traducere (to lead to another spot): transmutare (to transpose; e.g., words, letters. Vid: Quint., 1, 5, 12, and 29): aliquid sede sua moliri (by a great effort; e.g., montes, Liv.).
To put in the wrong place, *in alieno loco ponere.
To DISORDER; Vid:
Degrade by displacing, etc., remove from office, etc., loco movere: ex (aliquo) ordine (in alium) detrudere (e.g., aliquem ex secundo ordine in novissimum detrudere, Suet., Caes., 29, in.): removere, summovere, amovere aliquem a munere (from an office): abrogare or abolere alicui magistratum (in the Roman sense; abolere forever): to be displaced (of a magistrate), abdicari magistratu (Sall.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for displace?
- The usual Latin words for “displace” are trānspōnō, trānsferō, trādūcō; also trānsmūtō, removeō, summoveō. 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.