English → Latin
“amass” in Latin
acervōto form a heap, heap or pile up, amass; to accumulate, multiplyaggerōto heap up, pile up; to increase, augment; to fill, fill upexaggerōto heap up; to exalt, amplify, heighten, magnify, exaggeratecumulōto heap, pile up, amass, accumulate; to fill by heaping, overload; to increase, augmentaccumulōto add to a heap, heap or pile up, accumulate, load, amass; to heap up earth over or around the roots of plants, trench augeōto increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand; to lengthen; to raise, strengthenaccumulātiōThe act of heaping up.coacervātiōheaping together; aggregate
The English word amass itself goes back to Latin ad, through amassāre.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
amass
acervare: concervare (to make a heap of any thing; to heap together): aggerare, exaggerare (to heap up high, post-Augustan in prose): cumulare, accumulare (the first to heap up to the full measure; to heap up much: the latter, to keep adding to a heap; cumulare also trop, to go on increasing anything): augere (to increase): addere aliquid alicui rei (to add something to anything). To amass treasures, opes exaggerare.
amass s.
accumulatio: coacervatio.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for amass?
- The usual Latin words for “amass” are acervō, aggerō, exaggerō; also cumulō, accumulō, augeō. 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.