English → Latin
“adjourn” in Latin
differōto carry different ways, spread, scatter, disperse, separate; to distract, disquiet or disturb someone; confound; to sprprōferōto bring out, bring forth; to make known, produce in public, publish, reveal; to appear, show oneselfprōlātōto lengthen, extend, enlarge; to prolongreservōto reserve, retain, save; to keep or hold back or in reserve; to spareprōdīcōto fix or appoint beforehand; to give notice; to defer, adjourn
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
adjourn
differre, proferre, con-ferre (differre may be used of an indefinite adjournment; but not pro- or con-ferre): prolatare (e.g., comitia, diem, etc.; to put off): rejicere, reservare (to put off what should be done now): prodicere (diem; to fix a more distant day). To adjourn to another time, in aliud tempus differre, proferre, rejicere: to the next day, aliquid differre in crastinum: in posterum diem conferre: for some days, aliquot dies proferre or promovere. Vid: PUT OFF.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for adjourn?
- The usual Latin words for “adjourn” are differō, prōferō, prōlātō; also reservō, prōdīcō. 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.