English → Latin
“federal” in Latin
foederōto seal or ratify an agreement or treatystōto stand; to stay, remain; to cost, to be set at, stand at (e.g., a price)urbsa city, walled town; the City, Romeconveniōto convene, assemble, gather, meet or come together; to accost, to call on; to sue, to let be summoned to court
The English word federal itself goes back to Latin foedus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
federal
foederatus: foedere junctus. A federal town or state, urbs or civitas foederata; conventus (a town in which national assembles and courts ofjustice are held; Vid: Plin., 8, 1, 3; thus the town of Frankfort, in the latter sense, would be conventus Frankfurtensis: a federal army, exercitus socialis: a federal assembly, conventus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for federal?
- The usual Latin words for “federal” are foederō, stō, urbs; also conveniō. 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.