English → Latin
“victual” in Latin
comparōto prepare, get ready, provide, furnish; to compare, match, place together, couple, form into pairsexercitusexercise; trouble, affliction; an exercised, disciplined body of men, an army
The English word victual itself goes back to Latin vīvō, through vīctuālia.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
victual
supportare frumentum et commeatum (Caes.): frumentum dare: commeatum portare (Sall., to send a supply of provisions): sustinere commeatus (to victual well, to keep up an ample supply of provisions, Caes.), rem frumentariam providere, comparare (to obtain and furnish with provisions in the first instance, exercitui).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for victual?
- The usual Latin words for “victual” are comparō, exercitus. 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.