English → Latin
“exempt from” in Latin
eximōto take out, take away, remove or extract; to free; to release, deliverlaborwork; labor, toil, exertion; hardship, trouble, fatigue, suffering, drudgery, distressmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad; unpleasant to the senses, sight, smell, taste, touch; bad, evil, wicked, m
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
exempt from
eximere (e.g., a field, etc., agrum de vectigalibus, Cic.): immunitatem alicujus rei (post-Augustan, a re) dare: vacationem alicujus rei, or a re alicui dare (e.g., vacationem sumtus, laboris, rerum omnium, and [IMPROP.] malorum; but especially militiae; all Cic.: vacationem a causis, Cic.): immunem facere rei, re (militia, Liv.), or a re (ab onere, Suet.): immunem a re praestare (Suet.). One century was exempted from serving, una centuria facta est immunis militia (Liv.): to exempt from tribute for five years, tributum in quinquennium remittere (anybody, alicui); quantum aerario aut fisco pendit aliquis, in quinquennium remittere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for exempt from?
- The usual Latin words for “exempt from” are eximō, labor, malus. 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.