English → Latin
“due” in Latin
rēctusled straight along, drawn in a straight line, straight, upright.; right, correct, proper, appropriate, befitting.; moraloccidōto fall down; to go down, set; to perish, die, pass awaydēbeōto owe something, to be under obligation to and for something; to be bound, in duty bound to do something; "ought", "musidōneussuitable, proper, fit, apt, convenient; sufficientconveniōto convene, assemble, gather, meet or come together; to accost, to call on; to sue, to let be summoned to courtnecessāriusunavoidable, inevitable; indispensable, requisite; necessarycongruōto come, unite, combine, run or meet together with someone; to coincide or correspond with someone or something; agree waptussuitable, adapted; ready; apt, properiūstusjust, righteous; lawful, legal; justified, merited, well-deserved, duemereōto deserve, merit; to earn, get, obtain, acquire; to serve, to render service to (with ablative of the person or thing i
The English word due itself goes back to Latin habeō, through dēbeō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
due
adverbe.g.,” to keep due on” (Shakespeare), recta via or recta (only); recto itinere or recto (only): due on, in rectum (e.g., equum agere): to be situated due east, in orientem spectare: due west, in occidentem or occasum.
due adj.
Owed, debitus (Cic.). To pay money before it is due, pecuniam repraesentare (to pay it down at once in hard cash): pecuniam in antecessum dare (Sen., etc.). To be due, deberi alicui; alicui tribuendum esse, non venire; exspectari (of mails, etc.): to be or fall due, in diem aliquem cadere (e.g., nummi). The day on which money is due, *dies constitutus, quo pecuniae syngrapha solvenda est; or *dies, post quem pignus caducum est. What gratitude is due to the gods, quanta gratia diis debetur.
Fit, idoneus; conveniens; necessarius; congruens: aptus (Cic.): justus (belonging, as it is right): meritus (deserved): dignus (worthy): Sometimes justus, rectus: legitimus. In due form, rite (Cic.). As is due, ut decet or convenit: due dignity, debita dignitas: in due manner, (ex or pro) merito. Vid. PROPER, SUITABLE.
due s.
That which belongs to one, jus (Cic.): debitum (used substantively; e.g., debito fraudari): justum (what one can demand from others). To give every one his due, suum cuique tribuere (Cic.): anybody’s due, quantum alicui debeo, debes, etc.: to pay everybody his due, *quantum cuique debeamus persolvere. To be anybody’s due, deberi alicui.
What custom or law requires to be done, officii munus: debitum officium (Cic.).
Imposts, fees, etc., vectigal (general term under which decumae, the tithe of corn; scriptura, pasture dues; portorium, port dues, etc., were included). Vid. TAX, s.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for due?
- The usual Latin words for “due” are rēctus, occidō, dēbeō; also idōneus, conveniō, necessārius. 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.