English → Latin
“accompany” in Latin
praebeōto proffer, offer; to provide, grant, furnish, supply, service; to show, displayadiungōto add, join, attach, append, annex or bind to (something); to apply to, direct to (mentally); to harness, yokedēdūcōto lead or bring out or away, divert; escort, accompany, conduct (out of one's house as a mark of respect or for protectsectorto follow continually, attend, accompany; to follow after, pursue, chase; to seek after/outassectorto attend someone eagerly, accompany, follow, wait upon, escort; to follow a woman, seek after, court
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
accompany
(A) (A) PROP., comitari aliquem or aliquid; comitem alicujus esse; comitem se alicui dare, praebere, adjungere (to accompany as a companion): prosequi aliquem or aliquid (to attend, for the purpose of testifying respect): deducere (to attend, as a mark of respect; e.g. a Roman senator from his house to the forum, or from the forum to his house; also, a bride to her new home): sectari, assectari (to attach one’s self to a superior, as one of his followers; e.g., of scholars and dependents): inter comites alicujus aspici (to be one of his companions). To accompany anybody to his residence, prosequi, deducere aliquem domum; to beaccompanied by a crowd, stipari (e.g., non usitata frequentia). (B) ImPROP.
To do or testify anything to a departing friend, prosequi aliquem (e.g., with tears and good wishes, lacrimis votisque). To accompany one’s gift with obliging words, munus suum ornare verbis; a song with music, or music with the voice, vocem fidibus jungere; ad chordarum sonum cantare; a song with the lute, carmen formare cithara (v. Gierig, Plin., Ep., 4, 19, 1). To accompany a singer with the flute, concinere alicui pronuncianti; the horns which accompany the lyre, cornua ea quae ad nervos resonant in cantibus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for accompany?
- The usual Latin words for “accompany” are praebeō, adiungō, dēdūcō; also sector, assector. 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.