English → Latin
“league” in Latin
foedustreaty, compact, alliance, truce, league; agreement, bond, contract, compact, pact, pledge, conditions, terms; covenantsocietāssociety, fellowship, partnership, association, community, union; affinity (a union for a common purpose); a company or sconciliuma council; a meetingleugaA unit of length defined as 1+¹⁄₂ Roman milesAchaeussynonym of Achīvusineōto enter, go into; to begin; to have sexual intercoursecoeōto assemble, meet, come together; to encounter, come up against; to copulate, have sexī̆cōto hit, strike or smite; to stab or sting; to make a treatyferiōto hit, to strike, to smite, to beat, to knock, injure; to cut, to thrust; to kill by striking, to slay, to give a deathcompōnōto arrange, compile, compose, make up, organize, order; to construct, build; to pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, qu
The English word league itself goes back to Latin ligō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
league s.
A treaty, etc., foedus (a covenant); societas (stale of being in league); concilium (assembly of persons joined in league; then those leagued together; e.g., concilium Achaicum or Achaeorum): to make or enter into a league, societatem facere, inire, coire: to join a league, enter a league, se applicare ad societatem, ad societatem accedere; there is a league between you and me, societas mihi vobiscum convenit: violator of a 1eague, foedifragus; foederis ruptor or violator; apud quem nihil societatis fides sancti habet: to violate a league, foedus violare, rumpere or frangere; (The words are found in this connection and order.) foedus violare frangereque.
A measure of about three hundred English miles, leuca (Ammianus; Fr. lieue).
league v.
societatem facere, inire, coire; foedus facere cum aliquo, or icere, ferire (Cic.), componere or pangere (Verg.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for league?
- The usual Latin words for “league” are foedus, societās, concilium; also leuga, Achaeus, ineō. 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.