English → Latin
“allege” in Latin
affirmōto present (something) as fixed, firm, or true; affirm, assert, maintain; to strengthen, confirm, corroborate; to make casserōto join someone or something to oneself; to declare someone to be free by laying hands upon him; set free, liberate; to ratiōreason, reasoning, explanation, ground, motive, rationality, rationale, purpose; calculation, account, accounting, recko
The English word allege itself goes back to Latin lēgō, through *exlītigāre.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
allege
affirm, affirmare (to maintain as certain, affirm): assevarare (to affirm strongly). Observe, asserere is unclassical.
To bring forward evidence, etc., afferre testimonium: a passage, locum afferre: a reason, rationem, causam afferre: to allege anything as an excuse, excusare aliquid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for allege?
- The usual Latin words for “allege” are affirmō, asserō, ratiō. 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.