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“magazine” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

magazine
A store-house, horreum; receptaculum alicujus rei (☞ armarium promtuarium is a closet in which victuals are kept; and cella promtuaria = a larder). To build or erect magazines, horrea ponere, aedificare; horrea (certis locis) constituere.
A litterary journal, *commentarii litterati; *ephemerides litterariae. Article in a magazine, pars, caput, cc. ll.: contribution to a magazine; Vid. CONTRIBUTION, end.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for magazine?
The usual Latin words for “magazine” are horreum, aedificō, cōnstituō; also pars, caput. 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.