English → Latin
“public house” in Latin
popīnabar, bistro, cookshop, restaurant, eating house (place where food and drink was prepared and sold)caupōtradesman; innkeeper, shopkeeper, tavern-keepertabernashop, store; inn; tavern, saloondēversōriusinn, lodging housedēversōriuminn, lodging house
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
public house
popina (a cooking and eating shop, in the neighborhood of a bath): caupona (PROP. a wine-house; tavern on the road): taberna (a drinking-booth, where a person might likewise find meals and lodging); also, taberna diversoria or deversoria, and diversorium or deversorium (Vid: Dictionary of Antiquities, 226). Vid: INN.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for public house?
- The usual Latin words for “public house” are popīna, caupō, taberna; also dēversōrius, dēversōrium. 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.