What is the Latin word for holiday?

The usual Latin words for “holiday” are fēriae, agō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“holiday” in Latin

fēriaea holy day; a festival; a holiday; a vacation; any occasion of rest, peace, or leisure agōto act, to behave; to do; to make (something that does not continue to exist after the maker stops)

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

holiday

dies feriatus (opposed to dies profestus, Plin., 18, 6, 8, No. 1): feriae: There are several holidays next month, sequens mensis complures dies feriatos habet (Plin.): to take a holiday from business, otium sibi sumere a negotio; tempus vacat ab aliqua re: to be able to take a holiday, habere otium: to be so far able to take a holiday from business, that, etc., tantum alicui a re sua est otii, ut, etc.: not to be able to take a holiday, otium non est; vacui temporis nihil habere: to have a holiday, ferias habere or agere: ☞ not feriari, though feriatus = otiosus, “making holiday,” is classical, but rare.

IMPROPR., To be making holiday, nihil agere: domi desidem sedere (to sit at home idle).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for holiday?: The usual Latin words for “holiday” are fēriae, agō. 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.