English → Latin
“adduce” in Latin
prōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out; to conduct to; bring before, present; to draw or stretch out, lengthen, extendafferōto carry forth; to bring forth; conduct; to bring, bear, convey or carry information, report, announce, inform, publish,prōferōto bring out, bring forth; to make known, produce in public, publish, reveal; to appear, show oneselfmemorōto remind, bring to mind; to tell, say, speak of, narrate, utter, recount, relatecommemorōto recall; to remember; to mention, relate, recountlaudōto praise, laud, extol; to commend, honor; to eulogizecitōto cause to move, excite; to summon, invite, call
The English word adduce itself goes back to Latin addūcō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
adduce
producere (lead forward a person): afferre, proferre (bring forward): memorare, commemorare (make mention of): laudare (especially to praise): citare (to call forth; e.g., aliquem auctorem, as one’s authority; but rare in this sense). To adduce witnesses, testes proferre, laudare, proferre, citare, excitare: testimony, afferre testimonium: a passage, locum afferre, laudare: a reason, rationem, causam afferre: afferre cur with the subjunctive (e.g., cur credam, afferre possum, Cic..) - Observe. Since producere testem is correct, we may say producere or afferre scriptorem; but not locum, rationem: citare locum, indicare, efferre, are wrong; also allegare exemplum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for adduce?
- The usual Latin words for “adduce” are prōdūcō, afferō, prōferō; also memorō, commemorō, laudō. 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.