English → Latin
“allow” in Latin
cōnfiteorto confess, admit; to acknowledge, agree; to reveal, showconcēdōto depart, retire or withdraw, come away, come, go away; to disappear or vanish; to relinquish, concede, relent, subsidepermittōto let go, let loose; to cast, hurl, throw; send away, export; to give leave, give up, allow, suffer, grant, permit, surlargiorto grant, bestow, dispense, distribute, impart; to lavish or bestow; to give bribeslicetto be allowed; to be permitted; although, even if
The English word allow itself goes back to Latin laus, through allaudō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
allow
admit, in argument, con cedere (general term): confiteri (without being convinced): assantiri (assent to from conviction): dare aliquid (to allow previously). Vid: on all these, Cic., Tusc, 1, 8, 16, and 11, 25.
Permit, concedere (mostly on being entreated: opposed to repugnare): permittere (opposed to vetare: permit): largiri (from kindness or complaisance): facultatem dare, or potestatem facere alicujus rei: permittere licentiam, ut, etc. (to put it in any body’s power to do it): alicujus rei veniam dare, or dare banc veniam, ut, etc. (to show indulgence to any thing). It is allowed, concessum est (general term): licet (is permitted by human, law, positive, customary, or traditional). (The words are found in this connection and order), licitum concessumque est: fas est (by divine law, including the law of conscience). (The words are found in this connection and order), jus fosque est. As far as the laws allow, quoad per leges liceat (or licitum est, for present time). In great danger fear does not allow of any compassion, in magno periculo timor misericordiam non recipit.
Suffer, sinere, pati, ferre, etc. Vid: SUFFER.
Allow one’s self anything or in anything (= indulge): sibi sumere (of what might seem presumptuous): sibi indulgere.
Allowed, licitus, permissus, concessus.
Allowed = acknowledged, cognitus, probatus: spectatus (proved): confessus (acknowledged). A man of allowed integrity, vir spectatae integritatis.
To allow (of wages), dare alicui mercedem operae: mercedem alicujus constituere (to fix it at so much: the sum being in apposition). To allow so much for any thing, pecunias ad aliquid decernere (e.g., ad ludos, for public games): to allow the expenses of a journey, viaticum alicui reddere.
To allow an excuse (= acknowledge its validity), excusationem, satisfactionemaccipere: not to allow it, non accipere, non probare: to allow a debt, confiteri aes alienum or nomen (acknowledge it).
To allow (=make allowance) for anything in a calculation or action (e.g., for waste in selling goods; for the wind in aiming at a mark), perhaps alicujus rei rationem habere. Not to allow for any thing, aliquid negligere. To allow something in selling, etc., aliquid de summa deducere or detrahere: aliquid deducere (not detrahere).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for allow?
- The usual Latin words for “allow” are cōnfiteor, concēdō, permittō; also largior, licet. 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.