English → Latin
“incumbent” in Latin
The English word incumbent itself goes back to Latin cumbō, through incumbentem.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
incumbent adj.
PROPR., To be incumbent on anything, incubare alicui rei or aliqua re; inniti alicui rei or (in) aliqua re; impositum esse alicui rei.
IMPROPR., Obligatory, by circumlocution with debeo aliquid facere: oportet me facere. It is incumbent on anybody, est alicujus; on me, you, etc., meum, tuum, etc., est: he believed it incumbent on him, officii esse duxit (Suet.): ☞ “It is incumbent upon” is munus or officium est alicujus, when the meaning is that it belongs to the recognized duties of anybody: est alicujus means only “it suits or is becoming, creditable, etc., to anybody”: it is incumbent on a ruler to resist the inconstancy of the multitude, principum munus est [not principum est] resistere levitati multitudinis.
incumbent s.
*beneficiarius.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for incumbent?
- The usual Latin words for “incumbent” are meus, tuus, beneficiārius. 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.