English → Latin
“retail” in Latin
dīvēndōto retail (sell in small lots)distrahōto draw, pull or drag asunder; tear in pieces, separate forcibly, divide; scatter; to sell separately (in parcels), reta
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
retail s.
mercatura tenuis (general term for a business in a small way). A retail shop (for cloth), *taberna, in qua panni ad ulnam venduntur (Cic., Off., 1, 42, 151).
retail v.
divendere: distrahere: ad ulnam vendere (of stuffs, etc.): mercaturam tenuem facere (after Cic.): promiscua et vilia mercari (Tac., Germ., 5).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for retail?
- The usual Latin words for “retail” are dīvēndō, distrahō. 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.