English → Latin
“homage” in Latin
homināticumhomage; vassaldom; the body of people owing homage to a lordsacrāmentuma sum of money deposited in pledge by two individuals involved in a suit, the money of the loser in the suit being used observōto observe, watch, pay attention to; to guard, keep watch over; to heed, regard, respectrevereorto stand in awe (of), regard, respect, honor, reverence, revere; to stand in fear (of); to be afraid, fearvenerātiōreverence, veneration; worshipdīcōto say, talk, speak, utter, mention; to declare, state; to tell
The English word homage itself goes back to Latin homō̆, through homināticum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
homage
PROPR., (In feudal law) *necessitudo clientelae (as duty), or *homagium, quod dicitur (to make the passage intelligible); *sacramentum, quod patrono (or domino feudi) dicitur. To pay homage, *sacramentum patrono (or domino feudi) dicere or in obsequium alicujus jurare (Justinus): to owe homage to anybody, *clientelae necessitudine obligatum esse alicui or *vasallum (or feudatorium) esse alicujus.
IMPROPR., As due to a sovereign; by circumlocution. To pay homage to (a king) [Vid: “to swear FEALTY to”] in obsequium alicujus jurare (Justinus, 13, 2, 14); aliquem venerantes regem consalutare (of bowing the knee, etc., Tac., Ann., 2, 56, 3; of a single person, use salutare [☞ Cic., Att., 14, 12, 2], and of course the sing. of the participle). ☞ More phrases in FEALTY.
FIG., Respect, veneration, etc. (paid to a person or thing), observantia: reverentia: veneratio [SYN. in REVERENCE]. To pay homage to anybody, aliquem sanctissime or summa observantia colere; reverentiam alicui habere, praestare, or adversus aliquem adhibere; veneratione aliquem prosequi (Tac.); to anything, aliquid sanctum or sanctissimum habere, or summa caerimonia colere. Homage is due to anything, aliquid habet venerationem justam (Cic.; also such homage, tantum venerationis; habet aliquid reverentiam, Quint.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for homage?
- The usual Latin words for “homage” are homināticum, sacrāmentum, observō; also revereor, venerātiō, dīcō. 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.