English → Latin
“requital” in Latin
praemiumprofit derived from booty; profit, advantage, prerogative, distinction; prize, reward, recompensemercēspay, wages, reward; revenue, income; chastisement, punishment, penalty
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
requital
par gratia (the same favor in return): praemium: merces (reward, wages; meres also in a bad sense). To make a requital, par pari referre. Vid :, also, To REQUITE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for requital?
- The usual Latin words for “requital” are praemium, mercēs. 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.