English → Latin
“inhabit” in Latin
colōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden; to inhabit; to frequent, be the guardian of, cherish,teneōto hold, have; to grasp; to possess, occupy, control; to watch, guard, maintain, defend; to retain, keepobtineōto have, occupy, possess, hold, obtain; to preserve, keep, maintain, uphold; persist in; to assert, show, prove, demonsthabitōto reside, inhabit, remain, dwell, live; to lingerlocusplace (referring to a specific location); a passage of literature; opportunity; cause; occasion; groundsfrequēnscrowded, crammed, packed; filled with a multitude, filled, full, crowded, populous; frequent, repeatedtegōto cover; to clothe; to conceal, hide, protectdēserōto leave, depart, desert, quit; to forsake, abandon, give up; to let down
The English word inhabit itself goes back to Latin habeō, through inhabitāre.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
inhabit
To inhabit a place, habitare (in) loco (to have one’s residence any where; ☞ habitare, inhabitare locum are not classical): colere, incolere locum (to be settled in a place): tenere, obtinere (to possess places, countries, etc.). To inhabit the front part of a building, primum locum aedium tenere: to be inhabited, habitari: thickly inhabited, frequens (tectis): that part of the city is very thickly inhabited, colitur ea pars urbis et habitatur frequentissime (Cic.; also impersonally, vicorum, quibus frequenter habitabatur, Liv. 2, 62, 4; opposed to not at all inhabited): desertus (of countries, places).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for inhabit?
- The usual Latin words for “inhabit” are colō, teneō, obtineō; also habitō, locus, frequēns. 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.