English → Latin
“odds” in Latin
inaequālitāsinequalityexcellōto elevate, raise up; to rise, elevate oneself; to exult, be elatedpraestōto be preferable, better, coupled with quam; to be outstanding, be exceeding in something, to excel, stand out, be superrixaquarrel, brawl, dispute, contest, strife, contentioniūrgiuma quarrel, strife, dispute, altercation, contention; abuse, invective; a legal dispute, a separation between husband andlīslawsuit, action; contention, strife, quarrelaltercātiōdispute, debate; altercationcontentiōstretching, tension; competition, rivalry; struggle, effortsuperōto surmount, rise over, rise above, go over, ascend, overtop, mount; to go over, pass over, surpass, exceed, traverse; t
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
odds
Inequality, inaequalitas.
Advantage, superiority, prior locus; excellentia, praestantia (excellence). To have the odds of anybody, aliquo potiorem, priorem esse; aliquem antecedere: in anything, aliqua re praestare alicui or superare, vincere aliquem.
Odds (in betting). To bet odds, either quovis pignore certare (which, however, is only “to bet any wager”) or *majori pignore cum aliquo certare. ☞ To express “odds of so much to so much,” ☞ Plaut., Epid., 5, 2, 34, Ni ergo matris filia est, in meum nummum, in tuum talentum pignus da.
Variance, rixa; jurgium; lites, plur.; altercatio; contentio. They are at odds, lites inter eos factae sunt (Ter., Eun., 4, 5, 8): to set at odds, rixam ciere, excitare; altercationem (Liv.) or controversiam (Cic.) facere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for odds?
- The usual Latin words for “odds” are inaequālitās, excellō, praestō; also rixa, iūrgium, līs. 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.