English → Latin
“pledge” in Latin
pignuspledge, mortgage; hostage; wager, stakehypothēcaA pledge given as surety for a loan.fīdūciatrust, confidence, assurance, reliance; boldness, courage; deposit, pledge, mortgagearrhabōmoney given to ratify a contract; a deposit or pledgearrhadeposit, down payment; pledgeauferōto take or snatch away; take by force, remove, take away violently, abduct, rob, steal, snatch, confiscate; to lay asideobligōto bind in obligation, obligate, make liable; to make guilty; to mortgage, pawnoppōnōto set against; to oppose, objectpignerōto pledge, pawn, mortgage; to guarantee, assureoppignerōto pledge; to pawn
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
pledge s.
pignus, -oris, neuter (PROP. and figuratively): hypotheca (especially of immovables; pignus, of movables): fiducia (something of which the creditor takes actual possession, but under a promise to restore it on payment of the debt): arrhabo, arrha (earnest). To give a pledge, pignus dare: to take a pledge, pignus capere, auferre: to redeem a pledge, liberare pignus a creditore; reddere pecuniam, or pignus accipere: a pledge of love or esteem, pignus amoris, voluntatis, benevolentiae.
pledge v.
pignori dare, obligare, or opponere; pignerare; oppignerare. To pledge one thing for another, aliquid pro aliqua re oppignerare: to pledge one’s self, se pignori opponere (PROP.); se oppignerare (PROP. or figuratively); animum pignerare (figuratively). To pledge one’s self, fidem obligare in aliquid (to pledge his word): spondere aliquid (to promise in due form, and with obligation; also, absolutely): to pledge one’s self by an oath, sacramento se obstringere: to pledge another by oath, sponsione aliquem obstringere or obligare; stipulatione alligare aliquem: to pledge one’s self regularly to anything (to promise in a contract), stipulari aliquid: to pledge one’s self to anything in return, restipulari aliquid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for pledge?
- The usual Latin words for “pledge” are pignus, hypothēca, fīdūcia; also arrhabō, arrha, auferō. 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.