English → Latin
“maintenance” in Latin
dēfēnsiōdefence, protectiontuitiōa watching over, guarding; defense, guard, protection; a taking care of, caring for; guardianship, care; a keeping, mainprōpugnātiōdefence; vindicationsustentātiōdelay; forbearance; sustenance, maintenancesustineōto hold up or upright, uphold, support, sustain; to keep up, bear up, tolerate; to hold or keep back or in, stay, check,sustentōto uphold, support, prop or sustain, maintain; to maintain or preserve by food, money, or other means; to keep in check,alōto feed, to nourish, to nurture; to cultivate, to raise, to rear, etc. (as a child, an animal, etc.); to cause (a thing)alimentumfood, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, provisions; obligation to one's parents
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
maintenance
Defence, support, defensio; tuitio; propugnatio; or by the verbs; e.g., quantum esset ad rem obtinendam.
Nourishment, support of life, sustentatio (Ulp.); use the verbs, e.g., sustinere, sustentare, alere (☞ nutritus, only Plin., 22, 24, 53, in another sense): alimenta (Juristical technical term, sum allowed for the maintenance of a wife).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for maintenance?
- The usual Latin words for “maintenance” are dēfēnsiō, tuitiō, prōpugnātiō; also sustentātiō, sustineō, sustentō. 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.