English → Latin
“incur” in Latin
subeōto go under, come under; enter; to come or go up to, approach, draw near, advance or proceed to a place; come or go on; concipiōto receive or catch, grasp; to derive (from); to contain or holdculpafault, defect, weakness, frailty, temptation; blame, guilt; crime, punishable act, mischief, sinveniōto come (to a place), come in, arrive, reach; of metaphorical movement in general; to approach
The English word incur itself goes back to Latin currō, through incurrere.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
incur
aliquid suscipere, subire: aliquid (in se) concipere: aliquid in se admittere (e.g., guilt, culpam). To incur hatred, in odium (offensionemque) alicujus irruere; in odium alicujus incurrere or venire [Vid. HATRED, GUILT, ENMITY, DANGER, PENALTY]. To incur a fine, multam committere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for incur?
- The usual Latin words for “incur” are subeō, concipiō, culpa; also veniō. 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.