English → Latin
“exclusive” in Latin
propriusappropriate to oneself: (one's) proper, (one's) own (inalienably); belonging to oneself as property, or goods: (one's) opraecipuusparticular, special; distinguished, preeminentprīvilēgiumA law or bill concerning a specific individual.; A privilege, prerogative.
The English word exclusive itself goes back to Latin claudō, through exclūsīvus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
exclusive
proprius (belonging to one’s self as a peculiar possession). Sometimes praecipuus (e.g., an exclusive right, praecipuum jus, Cic.). To devote one’s exclusive attention to anything, se totum conferre ad rem, omne studium ponere in aliqua re cognoscenda: an exclusive right, privilegium (but post-classical in this sense), jus praecipuum [Vid: PRIVILEGE]: the exclusive right of selling salt, salis vendendi arbitrium (Liv.): anybody has the exclusive right of doing anything, alicui soli licet hoc facere: to give anybody an exclusive right, alicui privilegium dare; to anything, alicui privilegium or beneficium alicujus rei dare: to have or enjoy an exclusive right, privilegium habere; praecipuo jure esse; to do anything, privilegium aliquid faciendi habere: to deprive anybody of an exclusive right, alicui beneficium or privilegium alicujus rei adimere: the Pythagoreans were so popular, that they were considered to enjoy the exclusive possession of wisdom, sic viguit Pythagoreorum nomen, ut nulli alii docti viderentur. ☞ On the translation by omnis, totus, etc., Vid:
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for exclusive?
- The usual Latin words for “exclusive” are proprius, praecipuus, prīvilēgium. 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.