English → Latin
“slavery” in Latin
servitūsslavery, servitude; a body of slaves; a servitude (encumbrance on land)servitūdōservitude, slaverydēmōto remove, take away, or subtract; to withhold, take away, subtract fromexcutiōto shake out, shake off, elicit, knock out, drive out, cast off, strike off; to throw from or off of a horse, chariot, s
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
slavery
servitus: servitudo (the former, the condition of a slave, the latter, the manner of being in that condition, inasmuch as it is connected with debasement, pressure, work, etc.; but servitium is = the service or work of a slavery): jngum servitutis (the yoke of slavery); also, jugum servile. To reduce anybody to slavery, jugum alicui imponere: to free from slavery, jugum alicui solvere or demere; aliquem eximere servitio: to keep anybody in slavery, aliquem servitute oppressum tenere: to hate slavery, odisse conditionem servitutis: to shake off the yoke of slavery, jugum decutere, or excutere, or exuere; jugo se exuere; jugum servile a cervicibus dejicere; servitutem or servitium exuere: to reduce or put anybody to the yoke of slavery, alicui jugum servitutis injungere: to deliver anybody from the yoke of slavery, jugum servitutis a cervicibus alicujus depellere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for slavery?
- The usual Latin words for “slavery” are servitūs, servitūdō, dēmō; also excutiō. 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.