English → Latin
“store” in Latin
cōpiasupply, abundance, copiousness, wealth, riches; plenty, fulness, multitude; opportunity, facilities (the means of doing apparōto prepare or make ready for something, put in order, provide, furnish, equip, organize; to provide or equip in additionreceptāculumA place to keep things in; reservoir, receptacle, repository, container.; A place of refuge, lurking-place, shelter, retapothēcarepository, storehouse, warehousecellaa small room, a hut, storeroom; a barn, granary; the part of a temple where the image of a god stood; altar, sanctuary, horreumstorehouse; barn, granaryīnstruōto build in or into, insert; erect, construct; to arrange, organise or organize, plan; devise; to prepare (for), provideōrnōto furnish, equip, outfit, prepare; to adorn, ornament, decorate; to honor, commend, praiseexstruōto pile, heap or build up; to build up, raise, rear, erect, constructcoacervōto heap or pile up; to amass, collect or gather together; to add, sum or total
The English word store itself goes back to Latin īnstaurō, through īnstaurāre.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
store s.
Stock, copia: apparatus. To lay in a store of provisions, rem frumentariam providere. A large store of anything, vis maxima alicujus rei (e.g., of corn).
Magazine, receptaculum (general term): apotheca, cella (for fruits, wine, provisions, etc.): horreum (a granary).
store v.
To provide with necessaries, instruere: ornare. (The words are found in this connection and order.) instruere et ornare aliqua re; exstruere (rare). Stored, instructus: ornatus.
To lay up, coacervare: colligere: congerere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for store?
- The usual Latin words for “store” are cōpia, apparō, receptāculum; also apothēca, cella, horreum. 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.