English → Latin
“employ, employment” in Latin
opuswork, labor, accomplishment; workmanship, artwork, work (of art, literature, etc.); need, necessitynegōtiumbusiness, employment, occupation, affair; difficulty, pains, trouble, labor; matter, thing (= πρᾶγμα (prâgma))occupātiōseizing, occupying (taking possession); occupation, employment; trouble, unrestministeriumministry (office of a minister); employment, ministration; service, duty (attendance of or action by an inferior person studiumstudy; eagerness, zeal; desire, fancyūtorto use, make use of, employ; to enjoy, indulge in, take advantage of; to experience, undergo, encounterūsūrpātiōusage; usurpationpraeficiōto place in command, put in chargepraesumto be before something; to preside or rule over; to lead, take the lead
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
employ, employment
As thing, res: opus: negotium: occupatio: ministerium: studium. [SYN. in BUSINESS]: To receive an employment, muneri praeponi or praefici: to have received an employment, muneri praepositum esse or praeesse: to be out of employment, a nullo conductum esse (to have been hired by nobody).
Act of employing, usus (the circumstance of using): usurpatio (act of using on a particular occasion). The frequent employment, frequens usus (alicujus rei). The employment of a word; circumlocution by verbs under “EMPLOY (a word),” for positio dictionis is not Latin.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for employ, employment?
- The usual Latin words for “employ, employment” are opus, negōtium, occupātiō; also ministerium, studium, ūtor. 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.