English → Latin
“advocate” in Latin
causidicuslawyer, attorneydēfēnsorone who defendsprōpugnōto fight or contend for; to defendpatrōnusa protector, patronadvocōto call, invite or summon someone to a place, invoke; to get a respite, delay; to give consolation, console; recommendāctordoer, agent; actor (person who performs in a theatrical play or movie); prosecutor, plaintiff, advocate, oratorcognitoradvocate, attorney; witness (to the identity of a person)prōcūrātormanager, overseer, superintendent; procurator (office); agent, deputylībertāsliberty, freedom; civil liberty; political liberty, independencepugnōto fight, combat, battle, engage; to contend, conflict, oppose, contradict; to endeavour, struggle, strive
The English word advocate itself goes back to Latin vocō, through advocātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
advocate
causarum actor: causidicus (general term, a lawyer who manages causes: the latter a depreciating term). The advocate in a cause, defensor (one who defends another in a court of justice): advocatus (the lawyer who assists and advises anybody in the management of hiscause): actor (one who conducts a judicial accusation for anybody): patronus causae, patronus (the advocate who spoke in court for his client). In private causes, cognitor (the agent who managed the case of a party who has himself appeared in court): procurator (who conducts the case of an absent person in his own name). Vid :, LAWYER.A noisy or blustering advocate, rabula de foro; rabula latratorque. To be an advocate, causas agere, actitare, causas dicere in foro; versari in foro. To be anybody’s advocate, causam dicere pro aliquo: in anything, de aliqua re: defendere aliquem de aliqua re; alicui causae actorem intercedere. To employ an advocate, adoptare sibi patronum, defensorem; deferre causam ad patronum.
Champion of a cause, defensor: propugnator (e.g., libertatis, Cic.): patronus (e.g., foederum).
advocate v.
pugnare, propugnara pro aliqua re; defendere aliquid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for advocate?
- The usual Latin words for “advocate” are causidicus, dēfēnsor, prōpugnō; also patrōnus, advocō, āctor. 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.