English → Latin
“immolate” in Latin
victimasacrificial victimhostiasacrifice, offering; victim, sacrificial animal; host, the consecrated breadimmolōto sprinkle with the sacrificial meal (mola salsa); to bring as a sacrificial offeringsacrificōto sacrifice (something); to make or offer a sacrificemactōto reward, honor; to punish, afflict, trouble; to offer, sacrifice, immolatecaedōto cut, hew, fell; to strike, beat; to kill, to murder
The English word immolate itself goes back to Latin mola, through immolātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
immolate
victimam, hostiam, etc., immolare or sacrificare, mactare, caedere [SYN. in To SACRIFICE].
IMPROPR., Vid: To SACRIFICE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for immolate?
- The usual Latin words for “immolate” are victima, hostia, immolō; also sacrificō, mactō, caedō. 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.