English → Latin
“temple” in Latin
templuman open space for augural observation; open, clear, broad space; a space dedicated to a deity; place of divine worship; fānumshrine, temple, sanctuary, place dedicated to a deity; as a declinable word to introduce a placename named after a Saintdēlūbruma temple, shrinetempusa time (a portion or period of time); time; the kairos, right time, due season, due time, proper time, appointed time, osacellumA sanctuary dedicated to a deity, usually open to the sky; A chapelaediculadiminutive of aedēs; a small temple; chapel; a small house or roomadmittōto let in, admit; to perpetrate, commitcommittōto join together, unite, connect, put together; to practise or perpetrate wrong, do injustice; commit a crime; to begin
The English word temple itself goes back to Latin tempus, through *tempula.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
temple
A sacred building or place, aedes sacra (as the habitation of a deity; sacra must not be omitted unless the name of the deity is added, or when the context otherwise fixes the sense): templum (a place dedicated to a deity, with all its precincts): fanum (a place set apart for a temple; thence, also, a temple itself): delubrum (as a place of purification and expiation). A small temple, aedicula sacra; sacellum: to dedicate a temple, deo aedem (aediculam) or templum dedicare: to rob a temple, sacrilegium facere, admittere, or committere.
Temples (of the head), tempora, plur. (rarely in the sing., Cels.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for temple?
- The usual Latin words for “temple” are templum, fānum, dēlūbrum; also tempus, sacellum, aedicula. 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.