English → Latin
“reward” in Latin
remūnerātiōpayment (in return); recompense, reward; remunerationpraemiumprofit derived from booty; profit, advantage, prerogative, distinction; prize, reward, recompensepretiumworth, price, value, cost; pay, hire, wage; rewardhonorhonor, esteem, dignity, reputation, officemercēspay, wages, reward; revenue, income; chastisement, punishment, penaltyfruorto enjoy; to derive pleasure from; to engage (in)tribuōto grant, bestow, assign, attribute; to yield, give up, concede, allow; to divide, share, distributepersolvōto release or discharge; to pay, pay out or render; to perform, accomplish, fulfill an obligation or taskdōnōto give; to present (someone with something); to bestow, grantdecorōto decorate, adorn, embellish, grace, beautify; to honour
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
reward s.
The act of rewarding, remuneratio, for anything, alicujus rei (a repaying).
A thing given as a reward, praemium: pretium (☞ praemium is a prize that confers distinction on the receiver, as a reward; opposed to poena; whereas pretium is a price for the discharge of a debt, as a payment): honos (reward of honor): merces (pay for services performed): fructus (produce of pains and exertion: ☞ praemiolum, common in modern writers, is without authority). To give or receive a reward [Vid. REWARD, v.] : to expect a reward for one’s services from anyone, pretium meriti ab aliquo desiderare: to propose a reward for anything, praemium alicujus rei proponere.
reward v.
praemium alicui dare, tribuere, persolvere: praemium alicui deferre: praemio aliquem afficere, donare (general term to give a reward): praemio aliquem ornare or decorare (to distinguish by a reward): remunerari aliquem praemio (to remunerate by a reward). To reward with money, praemia rei pecuniariae alicui tribuere: to reward richly, praemium alicui dare amplissimum; amplis praemiis aliquem afficere: to reward merit, virtutem honorare: to reward one according to his desert, meritum praemium alicui persolvere: to be rewarded, praemium consequi; praemio donari: for anything, praemium or fructum alicujus rei capere, percipere, ferre: by anyone, fructus alicujus rei ferre ex aliquo: I consider myself richly rewarded, magnum rei fructum percepisse videor.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for reward?
- The usual Latin words for “reward” are remūnerātiō, praemium, pretium; also honor, mercēs, fruor. 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.