English → Latin
“expiate” in Latin
expiōto make amends or atonement for a crime or a criminal; atone for, expiate, purge by sacrifice; repair, appease; to punispendōto weigh, weigh out; to pay; to consider, ponderdēpendeōto hang down, from or on; to wait for; to be dependent on or governed byexpendōto weigh; to pay out; to judgesoleōto be accustomed, used to, in the habit ofcaputthe head (of humans and animals); head; top; summit; point; end; extremity (beginning or end); origin; source; spring; h
The English word expiate itself goes back to Latin expĭātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
expiate
aliquid luere, expiare; poenas alicujus rei dare, pendere, dependere, expendere, solvere; by death, with his life, luere morte, capite. Sometimes compensare aliquid cum aliqua re or aliqua re (to make a compensation or give an equivalent for it).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for expiate?
- The usual Latin words for “expiate” are expiō, pendō, dēpendeō; also expendō, soleō, caput. 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.