English → Latin
“redeem” in Latin
redimōto buy back, repurchase, redeem; to atone for; to ransompretiumworth, price, value, cost; pay, hire, wage; rewardpecūniamoney; wealth; cash, ready money, liquid wealth
The English word redeem itself goes back to Latin emō, through redimō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
redeem
redimere, with or without pecunia or pretio: to redeem from slavery, redimere e servitute: to redeem anybody with one’s blood, sanguine suo redimere aliquem; e.g., from death, ab Acheronte (Nep., Dion., 10, 2). To redeem a captive, captivum redimere ab hostibus: to redeem a pledge, repignerare quod pignori datum est (Ulp., Dig., 12, 6, 5, § 12). To redeem the land-tax, agrum eximere de vectigalibus (Cic.; general term), or *de vectigali publico, or *de aestimatione publice probata [Vid: LAND-TAX].
To repair; Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for redeem?
- The usual Latin words for “redeem” are redimō, pretium, pecūnia. 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.