English → Latin
“accomplish” in Latin
cōnficiōto prepare, accomplish, complete, execute; settle, close a bargain; traverse; to produce, cause, bring about, effect, seefficiōto make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose; to cause to occur, to bring about, exsequorto follow after thoroughly, steadfastly accompany, go after, seek after, pursue persistently; to follow or accompany to persequorto follow perseveringly, continue to follow; search through; pursue; to pursue, chase, hunt; to avenge, take vengeance uperagōto pierce, transfix; to traverse, pass through; to harass, disturb, annoyabsolvōto release, discharge; to loosen from, make loose, detach, untie; to pay offperficiōto finish, complete; to perfect; to carry out, execute, performēveniōto happen, occur; to come forth; to happen to, befall (someone)ēvādōto exit, leave, come out; to become, result, appear, succeed, end up, turn out (as), result in; to pass over or fleenegōtiumbusiness, employment, occupation, affair; difficulty, pains, trouble, labor; matter, thing (= πρᾶγμα (prâgma))
The English word accomplish itself goes back to Latin pleō, through *accomplīre.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
accomplish
conficere (the proper word; e.g., its yearly course, cursus annuos; a task, negotium): efficere, ad effectum perducere (e.g., alicujus mandata): exsequi, persequi (to follow up to the end; e.g., negotia, alicujus mandata, imperium): peragere (to go through with, to employ one’s self about it from beginning to end; e.g., consulatum): ad exitum adducere, ad finem perducere (to bring anything to its end): absolvere (to finish anything, and have done with it): perficere.
To fulfill, ratum esse jubere.
To be accomplished; of prophecies, etc., evenire, evadere, exitum habere. Our dreams are accomplished, somnia, or quae somniavimus, evadunt.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for accomplish?
- The usual Latin words for “accomplish” are cōnficiō, efficiō, exsequor; also persequor, peragō, absolvō. 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.