English → Latin
“imprisonment” in Latin
captīvitāscaptivity, bondage; capture; blindnessservōto maintain, keep; to protect, save, keep, guard, safeguard, watch over; to give heed to, pay attention to; watch, obserretineōto keep or hold back, detain, restrain, retain, confine, contain; delay; to hold in check, repress, check, stop, stay; t
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
imprisonment
in custodia inclusio: captivitas (captivity). To be suffering imprisonment, in custodia haberi or servari; custodia teneri or retineri: to keep anybody in close imprisonment, aliquem clauso conclavi servare; aliquem clausum asservare: to release anybody from imprisonment, aliquem e custodia emittere: to deliver from imprisonment (by force), aliquem e custodia eripere: not to bear imprisonment in the house, (IMPROP.), durare in aedibus non posse.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for imprisonment?
- The usual Latin words for “imprisonment” are captīvitās, servō, retineō. 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.