English → Latin
“immure” in Latin
inclūdōto shut up or in, confine, enclose, imprison, keep in; to obstruct, restrain, hinder; to limit, controlconclūdōto conclude, finish; to define; to shut up, confine, contain
The English word immure itself goes back to Latin mūrus, through immūrō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
immure
includere or concludere (general terms for to shut up; e.g., in carcerem, in custodiam; also, carcere includere, Liv.): inclusum parietibus continere (to confine within the walls of a house, Cic., Rep., 3, 9): aliquem seorsum concludere (in aliquem locum; e.g., in aediculam, Plaut.): aliquem conclusum habere (Terentianus). To immure one’s self anywhere, includere se (e.g., in Heraclea, Heracleae, Heracleam); concludere se (e.g., in cellam cum aliquo, Terentianus); abdere se in aliquem locum (IMPROP.; e.g., in bibliothecam, in a library). To be immured, inclusum atque abditum latere in aliquo loco: abdidisse se in aliquem locum (IMPROP.). In the sense of IMPRISON, Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for immure?
- The usual Latin words for “immure” are inclūdō, conclūdō. 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.