English → Latin
“dower, dowry” in Latin
dōsdowry; gift, endowment, talentadventīciusforeign; strange; unusual, extraordinary; extrinsicprōmittōto send forth; to promiseIūstīnusa male given name, feminine equivalent Iūstīna, equivalent to Koine Greek Ἰουστῖνος (Ioustînos) or English Justin; Justi
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dower, dowry
dos (which the Roman law divided into dos profecticia [ = quam pater mulieris dedit] and adventicia [ = ea, quae a quovis alio data est, Ulp., Fr. 6, p. 134]. To settle a dower upon a daughter, filiam dotare, filiae dotem dare. ☞ The Roman terms were dotem dicere of the wife herself, or any debtor of hers whom she authorized, or any male relation; dotem dare or promittere, of anybody (Ulp., ib.). To leave the wife her dower, uxori dotem legare (Instit. Justinus, 2, 20, 15): an action for the recovery of a dower, actio ad dotis repetitionem (Ulp.): to receive a dower, dotem accipere: not to be able to settle a dower on his daughter, filiae dotem conficere non posse (Nep.): the dower which a father settles upon a daughter, returns to him upon her death, mortua in matrimonio muliere dos a patre profecta ad patrem revertitur (Ulp.): to pay back a dower, dotem reddere. Having a large dower, dotata.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dower, dowry?
- The usual Latin words for “dower, dowry” are dōs, adventīcius, prōmittō; also Iūstīnus. 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.