English → Latin
“farewell” in Latin
avē̆hail, hello, farewell, greetings! (a formal expression of greeting)saliōto leap, jump, bound; to spring forth, flow down; to mount for sexultimusthe furthest or farthest, most distant, most remote, the utmost or uttermost, extreme, last; last, final, ultimate, end;
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
farewell
vale! fac ut valeas! cura ut valeas! (in taking leave, and at the end of letters): have! haveto! (over a dead body). ☞ Vale may also be used substantively (☞ Ov., Her., 13, 14, vix potuit dicere triste vale). To bid anybody farewell, salvere or valere aliquem jubere; alicui valedicere (post-Augustan): to bid anybody a hearty farewell, multam salutem alicui dicere: to take a last farewell of anybody, ultimum or supremum alicui vale dicere (poetically): to go away without bidding anybody farewell, insalutatum relinquere aliquem (after Verg., Aen., 9, 228).
FIG., I will bid farewell to the forum and the Senate-house, multam salutem et foro dicam et curiae: to bid the world farewell, renunciare vitae (Suet., Galb. 11).
A farewell poem, propempticon (as title to Statius, Sylv., 3, 2, and Sidon., Carm., 24): a farewell dinner, cena viatica (Plaut., Bacch., 1, 1, 61).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for farewell?
- The usual Latin words for “farewell” are avē̆, saliō, ultimus. 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.