English → Latin
“pauper” in Latin
inopshelpless, destitute, indigent, poor; deprived, lacking, needy (+ genitive or ab + ablative); mean, wretched, contemptiblegeōto lack, to want, to be without; to need, to require; to desire, to long for, to wantegēnusin want or need of; destitute of; indigent, needyagōto act, to behave; to do; to make (something that does not continue to exist after the maker stops)versōto turn often, keep turning, handle, whirl about, turn over; to treat, manage; to pervert, alter, change
The English word pauper itself goes back to Latin pauper.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
pauper
inops: egens: egenus: to be a pauper, egere; egenum or inopem esse; in egestate esse, versari: to become a pauper, ad inopiam redigi (Terentianus); egenum fieri (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for pauper?
- The usual Latin words for “pauper” are inops, egeō, egēnus; also agō, versō. 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.