English → Latin
“accumulate” in Latin
cumulōto heap, pile up, amass, accumulate; to fill by heaping, overload; to increase, augmentaccumulōto add to a heap, heap or pile up, accumulate, load, amass; to heap up earth over or around the roots of plants, trench acervōto form a heap, heap or pile up, amass; to accumulate, multiplycoacervōto heap or pile up; to amass, collect or gather together; to add, sum or totalaggerōto heap up, pile up; to increase, augment; to fill, fill upexaggerōto heap up; to exalt, amplify, heighten, magnify, exaggerateaugeōto increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand; to lengthen; to raise, strengthenPhaedrusPhaedrus (an Athenian aristocrat, friend of Socrates); Phaedrus (a Latin fabulist)
The English word accumulate itself goes back to Latin cumulus, through accumulātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
accumulate
cumulare, accumulare (the former to heap up to the full measure: the latter to heap up more and more): acervare, coacervare (to make a heap of anything; to heap together): aggerare, exaggerare (to heap up high: post-Augustan in prose): augere (to increase): addere aliquid alicui rei. To accumulate wealth, pecunias coacervare; acervos nummorum construere (opes exaggerare, Phaedrus).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for accumulate?
- The usual Latin words for “accumulate” are cumulō, accumulō, acervō; also coacervō, aggerō, exaggerō. 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.