English → Latin
“fund” in Latin
prī̆ncepsfirst, foremost; chief, distinguishedrēxking, ruler; despot, tyrant (during the time of the Republic when there were no kings and executive power was usually dicollocōto place, put, set in order, assign, arrange; to put together, assemble; to settle
The English word fund itself goes back to Latin fundus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fund
Stock or capital, supply of money. [Vid. CAPITAL, MONEY.] There are no funds to meet this expense, *non est, unde sumtus isti tolerentur: that these funds should be reserved for supplying the military chest, militare aerarium eo subsidio niti (Tac., Ann., 1, 78, 2). ☞ For “not to have funds,” “to undertake anything without funds,” etc. [Vid: MONEY].
Money lent to a government, *aes alienum publice contractum (public debt), or pecunia publica (or regis, principis) fide sumta mutua (borrowed on the national faith, after pecunia sua aut amicorum fide sumta mutua, Sall., Cat., 24, 2): versura publice facta (considered as the state’s borrowing from others to pay its immediate creditors). To put money into the funds, perhaps pecuniam apud principem (regem, etc.) collocare (to lend one’s money to the king), or “pecuniam publica fide mutuam dare. The funds fall, *aerarii fiducia conturbatur (after conturbatur arcae nostrae fiduciam, Cic.); or *syngraphae de versura publica caventes minoris veneunt (the price of public scrip is lower): the funds are low, *pretia syngrapharum de versura publica caventium jacent (after pretia piaediorum jacent, Cic.); *fides publica est angustior: the funds rise, *aerarii fiducia augetur; *syngraphae de versura publica caventes majoris veneunt: the funds are stationary, *fides publica non commutata est: to try to raise the funds (of stock-jobbers, etc.), *fidem publicam incendere, excandefacere, or incendere et excandefacere, flagellars (the terms for raising the price of corn, annonam): to lower the funds, *fidem publicam levare or laxare (terms for corn).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fund?
- The usual Latin words for “fund” are prī̆nceps, rēx, collocō. 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.