English → Latin
“treasury” in Latin
aerāriuscopper, bronzefiscusbasket; purse; treasury; public moneyferōto bear; to carry; to support, hold up; to suffer, tolerate, endure, bearreferōto bear, bring, drive, or carry back, off, or away; to give back, give up, return, restore, pay back, repay, render, payVelleiusof or pertaining to the gens Velleia.
The English word treasury itself goes back to Latin thēsaurus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
treasury
aerarium: thesaurus publicus (of the state): fiscus (of a prince). To lay up in the treasury, reponere pecuniam in thesauros, in thesauris: to bring into the treasury, pecuniam invehere in aerarium (Cic., Off., 2, 22, 76); ferre (Liv.) or referre (Cic.) in aerarium; pecuniam aerario conferre (Velleius): to exhaust the treasury, pecuniam ex aerario exhaurire (Velleius).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for treasury?
- The usual Latin words for “treasury” are aerārius, fiscus, ferō; also referō, Velleius. 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.