English → Latin
“retire” in Latin
recēdōto go away, withdraw, retire, depart from a place; to abandon a thingmigrōto migrate, depart to another place, change residence, move; to go away, change; to carry off, transportēmigrōto depart from somewhere, emigrate, move out; to removedēmigrōto migrate or emigrate; to depart, withdraw or go awaylocusplace (referring to a specific location); a passage of literature; opportunity; cause; occasion; grounds
The English word retire itself goes back to Latin tīrāre, through *tīrāre.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
retire
PROP., recedere (general term): migrare, emigrare, demigrare (ex) loco, in locum (to remove from, etc.): migrare, emigrare domo or e domo (to remove from a dwelling): secedere in locum (to separate and withdraw to another place; Vid: Liv., 2, 32, sq.). To retire out of sight, abdere se in locum (rarely with a dative).
Figuratively, a republica recedere or se sevocare: a negotiis publicis se removere: de foro decedere. To retire entirely from public business, ab omni parte reipublicae se subtrahere (gradually): a negotiis publicis se removere ad otiumque perfugere: to retire from life (i. e., to die), de praesidio et statione vitae decedere; (from an office) abdicare munus (which, however, is rare) or (more commonly) se munere; abire (magistratu or honore); abscedere munere (Liv. 9, 3): magistratum deponere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for retire?
- The usual Latin words for “retire” are recēdō, migrō, ēmigrō; also dēmigrō, locus. 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.