English → Latin
“emporium” in Latin
emporiumemporiumcommerciumTrade, traffic, commerce, exchange.; Intercourse, communication, correspondence, fellowship.; The right to trade as a meforumpublic place, marketplace, forumoppidumtown (esp. of towns other than Rome, which was generally called Urbs)
The English word emporium itself goes back to Latin emporium.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
emporium
emporium (ἐμπόριον; place for the sale of wholesale commodities brought by sea; PROP., only a part of the town; apud emporium at que in macello, Plaut.): commercium (a town where there is a great deal of trade or commerce; especially in the way of barter; e.g., commercia peragrare): oppidum (ubi est) forum rerum venalium (Sall.): forum, oppidum nundinarium (market-town): a much frequented emporium, emporium frequens: urbs emporio florentissima: oppidum, in quo omnis negotiatio convenit: the most celebrated emporium of a kingdom, forum rerum venalium totius regni maxime celebratum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for emporium?
- The usual Latin words for “emporium” are emporium, commercium, forum; also oppidum. 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.