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“peace” in Latin

The English word peace itself goes back to Latin pāx.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

peace
pax (in all the senses of the English word): pacis tempus (a time ofpeace): otium (outward rest or tranquillity, whether of individuals or of states): Concordia (unity, internal tranquillity; of individuals and of states): tranquillitas, animi tranquillitas, animus quietus (peace of mind). In peace, (in) pace: in war and in peace [Vid: WAR]: to treat of peace, agere de pacis conditionibus; colloqui de pacis legibus (per internuncium; after Flor., 2, 6); pacificare (to make peace by negotiation; as Liv., 5, 23, extr., legati venerunt pacificatum): they negotiated about a peace, colloquium fuit inter ipsos de pacis legibus: to offer peace to anyone, alicui ultro pacis conditiones ferre: to enter into peace, pacem inire: to conclude or make a peace, pacem facere or pacificare (with anyone, cum aliquo); pacem conficere, componere, constituere, conjungere, coagmentare, conciliare: to keep or preserve peace, pacem or pacis fidem servare: to disturb the peace, pacem (concordiam) turbare: to break the peace, pacem frangere (☞ poetical rumpere); fidem pacis non servare: to live in peace, in pace esse, vivere (not to be at war): concordia vivere (to live in concord or unity); with anybody, concorditer vivere cum aliquo; pacem servare cum aliquo: to live in peace with the neighbors, pacem cum finitimis colere (after Liv., 8, 17, extr.): disturber of peace, pacis turbator (PROP.); reipublicae turbo, turbo ac tempestas pacis atque otii (figuratively, one that undermines tranquillity within a state): homo turbulentus; turbarum auctor (general term, a causer of disturbance): to have no peace for = by reason of, anyone, ab aliquo sollicitari, vexari, turbari; for anything, male habet me aliquid: to leave a person in peace, aliquem non turbare, non vexare: leave me in peace! noli me turbare! omitte me! quid mihi tecum? to let anybody go in peace, aliquem cum pace dimittere: he has no peace of conscience, agitatur angore conscientiae: an article of peace, pacis lex: conditions of peace, pacis conditiones, leges: to propose conditions of peace, pacis conditiones ferre: to prescribe conditions of peace, pacis conditiones dicere: to offer conditions of peace to any one, alicui ultro pacis conditiones ferre: to accept conditions of peace, pacis conditiones accipere: to refuse conditions of peace, pacis conditiones dimittere; pacis conditiones uti nolle: peace to thy ashes! tua ossa bene quiescant (Petronius); tua ossa molliter cubent (Ov.); bene placideque quiescas (terraque tibi sit super ossa levis Tib.).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for peace?
The usual Latin words for “peace” are pāx, ōtium, tranquillitās; also concors, pācificō. 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.