English → Latin
“room” in Latin
spatiumspace, room, extent; distance between points; a square, walk, or promenadeintervallumThe open space within the vallum of a camp or between palisades or ramparts.; interval, distance; interval of time, pausconclāveroom, chamber; enclosed space that can be locked; dining hallcubiculumsmall bedroom; bedchamberdiaetadiet, regimen; house, dwelling; diet, assemblymembrumlimb of the body; member.; the penis (membrum virīle); a portion, divisionadmittōto let in, admit; to perpetrate, commitaccipiōto receive, accept, take; to receive, accept, or take in something so as to alter one’s mental or physical state; to healaxitāswidth, spaciousness, roominess
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
room
Space, spatium (general term): intervallum (space between). There is not room enough in the house, domus parum laxa est: to have room for anything (PROP.), non capere aliquid; (figuratively) admittere, accipere; locum dare: plenty of room, laxitas (e.g., in a house; Cic., Off., 1, 39, 139).
An apartment, chamber, conclave (room that can be locked up, chamber, dining-room): cubiculum (room for lounging or reclining in; but commonly sleeping room): diaeta (any room in which one lives; e.g., a summer-house with chambers attached): membrum (chamber, as portion of a house; apartment): cubiculum hospitale (dining-room): cubiculum dormitorium: membrum dormitorium (sleeping room). A side room, cubiculum continens, or junctum et continens, conclavi; cella minor (a smaller room in general, Vitr.).
Occasion, opportunity, Vid:
Place, Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for room?
- The usual Latin words for “room” are spatium, intervallum, conclāve; also cubiculum, diaeta, membrum. 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.