English → Latin
“sell” in Latin
vēndōto sell, venddīvēndōto retail (sell in small lots)vēnditōto offer for sale (again and again); to try to sell; to betrayveniōto come (to a place), come in, arrive, reach; of metaphorical movement in general; to approach
The English word sell itself goes back to Latin sella.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sell
Transitively, vendere: divendere (to see in parcels or lots, to see single articles): venum dare (to expose for sale): venditare (to offer for sale). To be sold, vendi; venire (to go for money); venum ire (to be exposed for sale). To sell one’s self, se venditare (to undertake a service or burden for pay); se auctorare (to bind one’s self, by receiving money, to the performance of a service; as in the case of a gladiator contracting with the lanista, ad aliquem, ad aliquid): to sell one’s self to anyone, se vendere alicui (PROP., or figuratively); pecuniam accipere ab aliquo (to receive a bribe): to sell one’s country, alicui patriam venditare: to be selling off, divendere; distrahere; foras, quidquid habeo, vendo (Plaut., Stich., 1, 3, 67).
Intransitively, vendi: venire
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sell?
- The usual Latin words for “sell” are vēndō, dīvēndō, vēnditō; also veniō. 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.