English → Latin
“price” in Latin
pretiumworth, price, value, cost; pay, hire, wage; rewardcōnstituōto place, put, locate, lay; to set up, establish, constitute, found; to build, erect, constructveniōto come (to a place), come in, arrive, reach; of metaphorical movement in general; to approach
The English word price itself goes back to Latin pretium.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
price
pretium. To set or fix a price, pretium statuere (Plaut.), constituere (Cic.), alicui rei imponere (Quint.): to set a price upon anybody’s head, mercedem mortis alicujus promittere: the price of estates is fallen, pretia praediorum jacent (Cic.): the price of land falls, pretium agrorum retro abit (Plin.): to fall in price, vilius fieri or venire: corn is lower in price, vilitas annonae consecuta est, annona laxavit: to agree upon a price, de pretio convenire (Quint.): to raise the price, pretium alicujus rei efferre (Varr.), augere (Plin.): to raise the price of corn [Vid: CORN]. Corn does not bear a good price, annona non habet pretium (Cic.): to be at a high price, pretii esse magni; at a low price, parvi; very low, minimi: to sell at a low price, parvo pretio vendere aliquid (Cic.): what is the price? quanti indicas? quanti vendis rem? what is the price of pigs here? quibus hic pretiis porci veneunt? (Plaut., Men., 2, 2, 15).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for price?
- The usual Latin words for “price” are pretium, cōnstituō, veniō. 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.