What is the Latin word for doom?

The usual Latin words for “doom” are damnō, condemnō, fātum; also rēspūblica. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“doom” in Latin

damnōto discredit, find fault, disapprove, reject; to bind, oblige; to sentence someone to a punishment, declare guilty, cond condemnōto condemn, convict, sentence. (+ genitive or + ablative of the crime, + ad + accusative of the punishment); to accuse, fātumdestiny, fate, lot; death; speech rēspūblicaa republic, commonwealth; the state, nation; politics, civil affairs

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

doom v.

Condemn, damnare: condemnare (to anything, ablative or genitive, if it is money, etc.; but to the public works, mines, etc., in or ad; damnare in metallum, in opus publicum, ad bestias, Marcian., Dig.; condemnare ad metalla, ad bestias, ad munitiones viarum, Suet.).

To destine (of the gods, fate, etc): If you are doomed to, etc., si fatum tibi est (with accusative and infinitive): if he had been doomed to, etc., si fatum fuerat (with accusative and infinitive). How is it that I am doomed to, etc., quonam meo fato fieri dicam, ut, etc.: Milo is doomed to be unable to preserve himself, Milo hoc fato natus est, ut lie se quidem servare posset. I am doomed to suffer the same fate, mihi eadem sunt patienda; or ego eundem fortunae exitum laturus sum (if near at hand): if the commonwealth is doomed, si jam fatum extremum reipublicae venit: anybody is doomed to die by a fall from his horse, alicui fatum est ex equo cadere atque ita perire: he was doomed to suffer this, alicui hoc divinitus accidit.

doom s.

Decree of fate, fatum: fati necessitas: necessitas divina.

Fated destruction, fatum extremum alicujus rei (e.g., reipublicae, Cic.) or fatum only, or fati et exitii dies (Cic.). [Vid: DESTRUCTION.]

Judgement, sentence, etc., Vid.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for doom?: The usual Latin words for “doom” are damnō, condemnō, fātum; also rēspūblica. 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.