English → Latin
“residence” in Latin
domiciliumA habitation, dwelling, domicile, abode, home.sēdēsseat, chair; place, residence, settlement, habitation, abodehabitātiōAn inhabiting, dwelling.; A habitation, residence, dwelling; lodging.; The rent (for a dwelling).commorātiōstay (at a place); delay; residencestatiōoutpost, picket; station; watchmānsiōAn act or instance of staying, remaining; stay, continuance.; A dwelling, abode, habitation, home.; A stopping place or dēcessiōdeparture, going away; retirement of a magistrate; decrease, diminution, abatement or disappearance
The English word residence itself goes back to Latin sedeō, through residentia.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
residence
A place of abode, domicilium (abode, as far as one is at home there): sedes (as the fixed spot where one resides): habitatio (dwelling house or chamber, as long as one resides therein; hence also, lodging). To choose a place for one’s residence, locum domicilio deligere: aliquo loco domicilium collocare: aliquo loco sedem ac domicilium constituere: aliquo loco considere (to take up one’s residence at). [Vid: also, HOUSE.]
Time of one’s abode, commoratio: statio: mansio (opposed to itio: decessio; implying a stay of some length): habitatio (the dwelling at a place). Residence in the country, rusticatio.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for residence?
- The usual Latin words for “residence” are domicilium, sēdēs, habitātiō; also commorātiō, statiō, mānsiō. 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.