What is the Latin word for throne?

The usual Latin words for “throne” are solium, sēdēs, rēgnum; also rēgnō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

English → Latin

“throne” in Latin

soliumseat, chair; throne, chair of state, official seat; rule, sway, dominion sēdēsseat, chair; place, residence, settlement, habitation, abode rēgnumroyal power, power, control, reign; kingdom, realm, throne; kingship, royalty rēgnōto reign, rule (as a monarch); to be lord, govern, to be the master, to be supreme; to tyrannize

The English word throne itself goes back to Latin thronus.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

throne

solium (the proper word. ☞ thronus is not found in the best prose writers; and solium in its figurative sense, for “royal dignity,” is poetical): sedes or sella regia (PROP.): regnum (figuratively, kingdom, regal power): irnperium (figuratively, empire). To sit upon a throne, sedere in solio, or in sede regia (PROP.); regem esse; regnare (figuratively): to ascend a throne, *in solium escendere (PROP.); regnum occupare; regnum or imperium adipisci; regni or regno, imperii or imperio, potiri; regnare coepisse (figuratively): one comes to the throne imperium or regnum transit ad aliquem: to aspire to the throne, regnum appetere; regnum occupare velle: to succeed to the throne, succedere regno alicui, or succedere regno in alicujus locum: to call to the throne, aliquem accire in regnum or ad regnandum: to raise to the throne, summam rerum deferre ad aliquem (deferre alicui regnum ac diadema; Hor., Od., 2, 2, 22): to restore to the throne, restituere aliquem in regnum; reducere aliquem: to drive from the throne, alicui regni dignitatem adimere; alicui imperium abrogare; alicui regnum auferre or eripere; aliquem regno spoliare; regno pellere or expellere.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for throne?: The usual Latin words for “throne” are solium, sēdēs, rēgnum; also rēgnō. 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.