English → Latin
“exit” in Latin
exeōto exit, depart, go forth, come forth; to avoid, evade; to escapeēgrediorto go or come out or forth; march or step out; to disembark, land; to ascend, mountabitusa going away; departure; the place through which one leaves; place of egress, way out, exit; outlet, escape routeeffugiuman escape, flight; a means or way of escapeangiportusalley, lane (narrow street)
The English word exit itself goes back to Latin eō, through exitus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
exit
A going out, exitus (Cic.; reditus gloriosus: non exitus calamitosus): egressus (a going forth; e.g., in provinciam, Cic.): abitus (departure).
Passage out, exitus (e.g., in angusto portarum exitu, Liv.): egressus (only in Petronius): effugium (for escape; into the street, in publicum). Sometimes via only. Without any exit (as adjective), non pervius (e.g., angiportum). To make one’s exit, scenam relinquere (PROP., of an actor); a negotiis publicis se removere ad otiumque perfugere (i. e., retire from public life); de praesidio et statione vitae decedere (to quit this world).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for exit?
- The usual Latin words for “exit” are exeō, ēgredior, abitus; also effugium, angiportus. 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.