English → Latin
“shelter” in Latin
tegōto cover; to clothe; to conceal, hide, protectperfugiumrefuge, shelter; asylum (political)dēversōriusinn, lodging househospitiuma hospitable reception, entertainment, hospitality; the tie of hospitality, relation of host and guest; friendship, bondasȳlumasylum (place of refuge), sanctuarypraesidiumdefence, protection, guardianship; help, aid, assistance; guard, garrison, convoy, escortscūtuma type of shield: the scutum, the large oblong wooden shield carried by the Roman infantry; a shield; shield-bearing solsuggrundaeavesrecipiōto take back, (i.e., regain possession of something); to recapture; to receive, accept, admit
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
shelter s.
That which covers or defends, tectum (roof): perfugium (place of refuge, or offering a shelter): deversorium (a place to put up at, on the road): hospitium (if in the house, or under the roof of a friend): asylum (an asylum). To afford a shelter, tectum praebere; also, hospitio accipere: tecto, ad se or ad se domum, recipere (under one’s roof, in one’s house); tectis ac sedibus recipere; moenibus, tectis, recipere (of the inhabitants of a town, with regard to fugitives); asylum aperire (to give an asylum). To find a shelter, hospitium nancisci. At some places I cannot even find a shelter, multis locis ne tectum quidem accipio.
Protection, praesidium.
Protector, scutum (figuratively; i. e., shield).
A protection against rain, etc., subgrunda: subgrundium.
shelter v.
To give or to take shelter, [Vid. SHELTER, substantive; Vid: also, the SYN. in To DEFEND, To GUARD]. To shelter against the heat of the sun, contra solem protegere (e.g., one’s head). To shelter against the cold and the heat, contra frigorem aestusque injuriam tueri. The harbor was sheltered from the south-west winds, portus ab Africa tegebatur. To be sheltered by one’s post as ambassador, legationis jure tectum esse: to be sheltered, tectum or tutum esse.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for shelter?
- The usual Latin words for “shelter” are tegō, perfugium, dēversōrius; also hospitium, asȳlum, praesidium. 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.