English → Latin
“adherent” in Latin
assĕclaa followersociussharing, joining in, partaking, associated; kindred, related, akin, ally; leagued, allied, united, confederateamīcusfriendly, well-disposed, amicable; loyal, devoted to; supporting, propitious, helpfulfautorpatron, protector; admirer; promoter, supportercultorcultivator, tiller, husbandman, planter, grower (someone who bestows care or labor upon something); inhabitant, dweller;admīrorTo admire or respect; To regard with wonder; To be surprised at; to be astonishedsectorto 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
The English word adherent itself goes back to Latin haereō, through adhaerēns.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
adherent
assecla (mostly term of contempt; also scholar, follower of a philosophical sect: sectator and assectator, in this sense, belong to the Silver Age): socius, amicus (friend): fautor, studiosus alicujus (favorer): cultor, admirator (admirer). A man’s adherents (in a political sense), qui sentiunt cum aliquo, qui stant cum or ab aliquo; qui faciunt cum aliquo; qui alicujus partibus favent; qui alicui student. An adherent of the nobility, nobilium amicus, optimatium fautor; nobilitatis fautor or studiosus.
Female adherent, fautrix: cultrix: alicujus studiosa. To be an adherent. See under ADHERE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for adherent?
- The usual Latin words for “adherent” are assĕcla, socius, amīcus; also fautor, cultor, admīror. 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.