English → Latin
“marry” in Latin
locōto put, place, set; to arrange, establish; to lease, hire out, lendcollocōto place, put, set in order, assign, arrange; to put together, assemble; to settle
The English word marry itself goes back to Latin mās, through marito.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
marry
TRANS.,
To take for a husband or wife, matrimonio se jungere or conjungere cum aliquo, aliqua; in matrimonium accipere or recipere aliquem (general term); aliquam ducere in matrimonium, or simply aliquam ducere (of a man): alicui nubere (of a woman): to marry a woman for money, dote motus in matrimonium ducere virginem (Vid: Ter., Heaut., 5, 1, 66): to be married, matrimonio jungi or conjungi; nuptiis inter se jungi.
To give in marriage, collocare in matrimonium; nuptum dare, locare, or collocare; also simply collocare (a woman). ☞ Nuptui dare or collocare is not Latin. To marry to anyone, matrimonio jungere or conjungere cum aliquo or aliqua (general term), alicui nuptum collocare, or simply alicui collocare; alicui (aliquam, virginem, filiam) nuptum dare, in matrimonium dare, or tradere (of a woman).
To unite in wedlock, *ritu sacro uxorem alicui jungere. INTRANS.,
To enter into the conjugal state, uxorem ducere in matrimonium, uxorem assumere (of the husband): nubere viro (of the wife): to m. suitably to one’s rank and condition, pari jungi (general term, after Liv., 6, 34, extr.): connubio cum virgine coire (of the husband): to marry out of or under one’s rank and condition, impari jungi (Liv., loc. cit.): to marry out of one’s rank, enubere ex ordine suo (i. e., to come by marriage into another rank; of a woman): to marry into a family, filium or virginem ex domo aliqua, in matrimonium ducere (of the husband, Liv., 4, 4, p. med.): nubere or innubere in aliquam familiam or domum (of the woman): to wish to marry, conditionem quaerere or circumspicere: not to wish to marry, abhorrere ab uxore ducenda or a re uxoria (of a man): numquam de nuptiis cogitare (of both sexes). To marry again, novum matrimonium inire: to marry a second time, in secundas nuptias transire, venire, or pervenire (in general): secundo nubere (of a woman): not to marry a second time, abstinere a secundis nuptiis: to marry well, virginem bene dotatam ducere (of a man): in luculentam familiam collocari (of a woman). To be married, uxorem duxisse (of a man): nuptam esse viro (of a woman): to hove been never married, nunquam uxorem duxisse (of a man), or viro nupsisse (of a woman): to have been often married, multarum nuptiarum esse. Married people, manti (the married, Papinius, Dig., 24, 1, 52, extr.): conjoges (husband and wife, Catullus, 61, 234): young married people (lately married), novi mariti (Apul., Mel., 8, p. 201, 36).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for marry?
- The usual Latin words for “marry” are locō, collocō. 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.