English → Latin
“owe” in Latin
nōmenname; short for nomen gentile, nomen, the family name in a Roman name, indicating the person's gens; titleoriorto rise, get up; to appear, arise, become visible; to be born, come to exist, originateēmānōto flow out; arise or emanate (from); to become knownfaciōto do (particularly as a specific instance or occasion of doing); to make, construct, fashion, frame, build, erect; to mefficiōto make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose; to cause to occur, to bring about, sequorto follow, to come or go after, to pursue; to accede or conform to, follow, comply with; to attend, accompany
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
owe
rem alicui debere. To owe money, i. e., be in debt, in aere alieno esse: to owe much to anybody (figuratively), alicui maximam debere gratiam: to owe one’s life to anybody, alterius beneficio vivere.
Owing = Due; a debt or sum of money owing to me, nomen (general term), or pecunia credita: debts owing to me, quae in nominibus sunt; nomina: to call in debts owe to me, nomina exigere: to be owing, in nominibus esse: to have large sums of money owing to him, grandem pecuniam in nominibus habere.
TO BE OWING TO, oriri or exoriri ab aliqua re; emanare or fluere de or ex aliqua re; proficisci ab aliqua re (to have anything for its source or origin): fieri, effici, sequi, or consequi ex aliqua re (to be the consequence of): It is owe to them that the populace was excited, eorum opera plebs concitata est: their introduction into the Senate was owing to him, ejus beneficio in senatum venerunt: all this is owing to you, vestra culpa hoc accidit: it is not owing to me (= my fault) that, etc., non fit meo vitio ut, etc.: it was not owing to me that, etc., non stetit per me, ut, etc.; non impedivi, quin, etc.: it was all owing to him that, etc., stetit per eum, quominus etc.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for owe?
- The usual Latin words for “owe” are nōmen, orior, ēmānō; also faciō, efficiō, sequor. 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.