English → Latin
“purchase” in Latin
emōto buy, purchase; to acquire, procureredimōto buy back, repurchase, redeem; to atone for; to ransommercorto trade, deal, sellēmercorto bribe (win or buy through bribery)corrumpōto pervert, corrupt, deprave or infect; to gain to oneself by gifts, etc.; bribe; to spoil or rotobseshostage (a person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, aurumgold (as mineral or metal); gold (colour); any object made of gold, such as a gold coin or a gold ringmercimōniumgoods, wares, merchandise
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
purchase v.
emere, redimere (PROP. and figuratively; also = to bribe): mercari, emercari (to obtain by purchase; often in a contemptuous sense; PROP. and figuratively): corrumpere (figuratively, to bribe). To purchase one thing with another, compensare aliquid cum re (Vid: Cic., Fin., 5, 18, 48; but poetically, emere aliquid aliqua re, Hor., Ep., 1, 2, 55): to purchase peace, pacem redimere (aliqua re; e.g., obsidibus, auro): pacem mercari aliqua re (e.g., ingenti pecunia; and this word expresses more forcibly the disgraceful nature of the act): to purchase peace from anyone, pacta mercede ab aliquo pacem redimere: to purchase victory with great loss of troops, victoriam damno amissi militis pensare.
purchase s.
Act of purchasing, emtio.
Thing purchased, mercimonium.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for purchase?
- The usual Latin words for “purchase” are emō, redimō, mercor; also ēmercor, corrumpō, obses. 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.