English → Latin
“retirement” in Latin
sōlitūdōAn instance of being alone; loneliness, solitariness, solitude, privacy; A lonely place; desert, wilderness; A state of ōtiumtime free from activity: leisure, free time; time avoiding activity: idleness, inactivity; peace, repose, quiet, quietne
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
retirement
Act of retiring, by the verbs. Retirement from office, abdicatio muneris.
Retired place, solitudo: locus desertus; locus ab arbitris remotus (Cic.).
Retired state or life, solitudo: vita solitaria; otium (freedom from business, leisure). A person living in retirement in the country, solitarius homo et in agro vitam agens: to live in retirement, vitam solitariam agere (in solitude): habere or agere aetatem procul a republica (far from political life): to spend one’s youth in retirement, juventutem procul a coetu hominum agere: to withdraw into retirement, vitam solitudini mandare; a turba in otium et solitudinem se conferre (to go into solitude): a negotiis publicis se removere; de foro decedere (to withdraw from political life).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for retirement?
- The usual Latin words for “retirement” are sōlitūdō, ōtium. 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.