English → Latin
“announce” in Latin
prōmulgōto publish, promulgateindicōto indicate, point out; show, manifest, discover; to declare; to reveal, betray, uncoversignificōto show, express, signify, point out; to portend, prognosticate; to call, namedoceōto produceēdoceōto teach, instruct or inform thoroughly
The English word announce itself goes back to Latin nūntius, through annuntio.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
announce
nunciare: renunciare (the proper words: renunciare, especially when the announcement is the consequence of a commission, or the repetition of information received): aliquem certiorem facere de re (give him information about it): promulgare (to make publicly known): pronunciare (to proclaim publicly): obnunciare (to announce unpleasant occurrences): denunciare (to make a threatening announcement): indicare: significare (by letter, per litteras): docere, edocere, aliquem aliquid or (less commonly) de aliqua re (to give a person accurate information about a particular circumstance): perscribere aliquid alicui or ad aliquem: mittere aliquo or ad aliquem (to send an announcement by letter or a messenger; with the accusative and infinitive of mere intelligence; ut, if it is a command).
To announce with authority, what is to be followed or attended to: imperare (to command): edicere (to make publicly known by a written or oral proclamation): proponere (to make known by a public notice).”Brutus has announced that I may expect Spinther today,” hodie Spintherum exspecto; misit enim Brutus ad me. To announce a person, nunciare aliquem venturum esse or venire (of a future or approaching arrival respectively); nunciare aliquem venisse or adesse: nunciare alicujusadventum (of an actual arrival). To announce a book, librum proponere (if it is in preparation); librum indicare (if it is out: both of the bookseller).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for announce?
- The usual Latin words for “announce” are prōmulgō, indicō, significō; also doceō, ēdoceō. 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.