English → Latin
“agree” in Latin
concordōto agree, harmonise; to bring into unionconcinōto sing, chant etc. together; to agree or harmonizecongruōto come, unite, combine, run or meet together with someone; to coincide or correspond with someone or something; agree wconveniōto convene, assemble, gather, meet or come together; to accost, to call on; to sue, to let be summoned to courtcōnsentiōto agree, accord, harmonize; to unite upon; to plot or conspireaccēdōto go or come toward, approach, reach; to advance, attack; to be added, joinassentiorto agree with; assent to, approve, give assent or approval
The English word agree itself goes back to Latin ad.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
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concordare (to live or be in harmony: fratres concordant, Justinus: judicia opinionesque concordant: also aliquid cum aliqua re: caput cum gestu, Quint.: sermo cum vita, Sall.): concinere (to sing the same tune together, to agree harmoniously: together, inter se or concinere absolutely: mundi partes inter se concinunt: videsne, ut haec concinunt? with anybody in anything, cum aliquo aliquil re: used also of agreement in words; opposed to discrepare): congruere (opposed to repugnare: with anybody, alicui or cum aliquo: with anything, alicui rei or cum aliqua re: together, inter se or absolutely; used also of agreement orcoincidence in time): convenire (seldom, except as under next head: convenire ad aliquid = fit, suit): consentire (PROP. and especially of agreement in opinion; but also, by a sort of personification, of things: dative or with cum: together, inter se; e.g., vultus cum oratione; oratio secum; omnes corporis partes inter se): convenientem, aptum consentaneumque esse alicui rei. To agree in opinion also idem sentire cum aliquo (not adjicere alicui, Görenz). Not to agree, discrepare, dissentire, dissidere: alienum esse re or a re. To agree with (= be consistent with) himself, sibi (ipse) consentire: sibi or secum constare. The letters seemed to agree with the speech, litterae consentire cum oratione visae sunt, Cic. So sententia non constat cum - sententiis, Cic.
Enter into, or accede to, an agreement: convenit alicui cum aliquo; inter aliquos (not convenio cum aliquo). We agreed, inter nos convenit. I agreed with Deiotarus, mihi cum Deiotaro convenit, ut, etc.: constituere aliquid (to agree about anything to be done). Passively, to be agreed. It was agreed, convenit or (if by treaty) pacto convenit (Liv.). Even the consuls were not thoroughly agreed, ne inter consules quidem ipsos satis conveniebat. All are agreed, inter omnes convenit of a thing, also personally, res convenit alicui cumaliquo or inter aliquos: the peace had been agreed upon, pax convenerat. What had been agreed upon, quae convenerant. If anything could be agreed upon between them, si posset inter eos aliquid convenire, Cic. The terms of peace had been agreed upon, conditiones pacis convenerant.
Assent to, assentiri or (less commonly) assentire alicui, that, ut, etc. (Cic., ad Att., 9, 9, near the biginning): annuere (absolute). In disputations: concedere aliquid: confiteri aliquid: largiri or dare aliquid (of a voluntary concession).
To agree to anything, consentire alicui rei or ad aliquid (to an offer or proposal; e.g., ad indutias): concedere alicui rei (to yield to it; e.g., alicujus postulationi, to anybody’s demand): to agree to the terms, conditiones accipere; ad conditiones accedere or descendere (especially of coming in to them after long hesitation).
To agree = to live in harmony, concorditer (concordissime) cum aliquo vivere: mira concordia vivere (Tac.).
To agree with anybody (of food, climate, etc), salubrem esse: not to agree, gravem, parum salubrem esse.
Agreed! (as a form of accepting a bet) en dextram! (here’s my hand upon it): cedo dextram (give me your hand upon it).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for agree?
- The usual Latin words for “agree” are concordō, concinō, congruō; also conveniō, cōnsentiō, accēdō. 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.