English → Latin
“pawn” in Latin
pignuspledge, mortgage; hostage; wager, stakelatrōmercenary; highwayman; brigand, bandit; robber; chessman, pawnlatrunculushighwayman, robber.; a man in the Ancient Roman boardgame of ludus latrunculorum, extended to pieces in other games suchpēsa place to tread one's foot: territory, ground, soil; a rope attached to a sail in order to set; tempo, pace, timepignerōto pledge, pawn, mortgage; to guarantee, assureoppignerōto pledge; to pawnauferōto take or snatch away; take by force, remove, take away violently, abduct, rob, steal, snatch, confiscate; to lay asideiūriscōnsultuslawyer, legal adviserobin the direction of, to, towards; on account of, according to, because of, due to, for (the purpose of); against; facing
The English word pawn itself goes back to Latin pēs, through pedo.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
pawn s.
Pledge, pignus: to he in or at pawn, pigneratum, oppigneratum, or pignori oppositum esse: to give anything in pawn [Vid: to PAWN]: to receive or accept a pawn, pignus capere, auferre; anything in pawn, aliquid pignori accipere: not to redeem what one has left in pawn, pignus deserere: an unredeemed pawn, pignus desertum: to redeem a pawn, pignus liberare a creditore; reddere pecuniam et pignus reciperare (Jurisconsulti, as are several of the preceding expressions, which however, are undoubtedly classical; Vid: PLEDGE).
(At chess)(At chess), latro (Ov.); latrunculus (Sen.); miles gregarius; pedes, -itis.
pawn v.
pignerare (Suet.); oppignerare (Cic.); pignori opponere aliquid (Terentianus); pignori dare, obligare aliquid (Pand.); obligare aliquid pignoris nomine (after Cic., Att., 6, 1, 23): to pawn one’s books for wine, libellos pro vino oppignerare (Cic., Sest., 51, 110): to pawn for so much, by ob or an ablative; e.g., agrum pignori opponere ob decem minas (Terentianus); annulum octo minis oppignerare (Mart.): to pawn anything to anybody, apud aliquem pignori apponere: to pawn anything for a sum of money, accipere sub pignore mutuam pecuniam.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for pawn?
- The usual Latin words for “pawn” are pignus, latrō, latrunculus; also pēs, pignerō, oppignerō. 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.