English → Latin
“mart” in Latin
commerciumTrade, traffic, commerce, exchange.; Intercourse, communication, correspondence, fellowship.; The right to trade as a meemporiumemporiumforumpublic place, marketplace, forumoppidumtown (esp. of towns other than Rome, which was generally called Urbs)
The English word mart itself goes back to Latin mercor, through marcātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mart
forum rerum venalium; commercium (a place where trade, especially barter or exchange, is carried on): emporium (a place of trade at a harbor): oppidum (ubi est) forum rerum venalium (a town in which trade is carried on, Vid: Sall., Jug., 71, in.): forum, oppidum nundinarium (a place in which weekly markets are held): a flourishing m., urbs emporio fiorentissima: the most frequented mart of the whole kingdom, forum rerum venalium totius regni maxime celebratum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mart?
- The usual Latin words for “mart” are commercium, emporium, forum; also oppidum. 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.