English → Latin
“hired” in Latin
conductīciusof or pertaining to hire, hired, rentedmercēnāriushired for pay; mercenarycondūcōto lead, bring or draw together; assemble, collect; to connect, join, unite; close up; coagulate; to hire, rent, employ,
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
hired
conducticius (of persons and thing): mercenarius (of persons): (mercede) conductus: (☞ conducticius and mercenarius are used in respect of the class to which the person or thing hired belongs; (mercede) conductus, in respect of the person or thing hired, considered individually as to its state: thus domus conducticia is a house belonging to the class of those which are let on hire, as opposed to those which are private property (see Porc., ap. Suet., vit. Terent., 1, extr.); domus (mercede) conducta is a house which I have hired, in which I live as tenant: miles conducticius or mercenarius is a soldier belonging to the class of those who serve for pay; miles mercede conductus is one whom I have taken into pay.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for hired?
- The usual Latin words for “hired” are conductīcius, mercēnārius, condūcō. 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.