English → Latin
“allude” in Latin
spectōto watch, observe, look at, consider; to examine, try, test; to aim, strive, or endeavour aftertegōto cover; to clothe; to conceal, hide, protectet cēteraet cetera, and the rest, and so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information continues in a similar
The English word allude itself goes back to Latin lūdō, through alludere.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
allude
signincare aliquid or de aliqua re: designare aliquem (oratione sua, Caes.): cavillari aliquid (to allude in a bantering manner): jocari in aliquid (to allude playfully to; Vid: Liv., 32, 34): spectare, respicere aliquid: covertly, tecte. He alluded often and plainly to his intention not to, etc., multas nec dubias significationes saepe jecit. ne, etc. (Suet., Ner., 37). Vid: Alludere alicui rei is unclassical (found only in Val. Max.): innuere not Latin in this sense.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for allude?
- The usual Latin words for “allude” are spectō, tegō, et cētera. 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.