English → Latin
“sack” in Latin
saccusa sack, bag; a garment of sackcloth or hairclothcūleussack, bag, especially a large leather sack used for bulk transport; culeus, the sack, a punishment for parricides involvsacculusa small bag or sack; a purse, scrip, satchel, sachet; a little wine sackīnfundōto pour in, into, on, upon, or down upon, forth, infuseingerōto carry, pour or throw in or into; to heap or pile (up); to inflict or obtrudevāstōto devastate, destroy, ravage, lay wastedēvāstōto lay waste, devastatepopulārispopular (by, of or for the people); of the same people or country; native, indigenousdēpopulorto sack, plunder, pillage, despoil; to ravage, devastate, destroy, lay wasteexināniōto empty (the contents of); to drain or pour out; to strip; to despoil
The English word sack itself goes back to Latin saccus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sack s.
saccus (general term): culeus (especially a leathern sack or bag, such as that in which criminals were sewn up and thrown into the sea, Cic., Inv., 2, 50, 149). A little sack, sacculus (Juv.., saccellus, Petr.): to put into sacks, infundere, ingerere, indere in saccos.
sack v.
vastare: devastare: populari, depopulari (stronger than vastare): exinanire (litterally, to make empty; e.g., domos; reges atque omnes gentes, Cic.): everrere et extergere (litterally, to sweep clean; fanum).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sack?
- The usual Latin words for “sack” are saccus, cūleus, sacculus; also īnfundō, ingerō, vāstō. 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.