What is the Latin word for appear?

The usual Latin words for “appear” are appāreō, cōnspiciō, offerō; also ērumpō, videō, pateō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“appear” in Latin

appāreōto appear, be visible, come into sight; to be evident, clear or certain; to appear as servant or aid (a lictor, scribe, cōnspiciōto see, watch, observe, perceive, catch sight of, look at with admiration or close attention, gaze upon, contemplate, be offerōto bring before or bring to, present, offer, bestow, show, place before, exhibit, expose; to cause, occasion, inflict; t ērumpōto break out (of), to burst out (of); to sally forth, rush out; to break out, burst forth videōto see, perceive; look (at); to observe, note; to understand, perceive, comprehend pateōto be open, accessible, attainable; to be exposed, revealed, disclosed, vulnerable; to increase or extend (said of front liqueōto be liquid, fluid; to be clear, transparent, limpid; to be clear, evident, apparent escendōto ascend, go up, mount ēgrediorto go or come out or forth; march or step out; to disembark, land; to ascend, mount

The English word appear itself goes back to Latin ad, through appāreō.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

appear

become visible, apparere: in conspectum venire: conspici: se offerre, offerri (to come in one’s way suddenly): erumpere (to come forth suddenly): existere (of celebrated persons making their appearance in the world; in history). Sometimes particular modes of approach to a country should he used, as appellere navem ad; e.g., “Two hundred years later Pelops appeared in Argos,” appellere, escendere, or egredi may he used. To appear to a person in a vision, ostendere se alicui in somnio; videri in somnis, per somnum, per quietem, in quiete. Day appears, dies venit; illucescit. To appear in public, in publicum prodiro, procedere, egredi: not to appear in public, domi se tenere; pedem domo non efferre (not to stir out): publico carere or abstinere (not to appear in public): odisse celebritatem; hominum celebritatem fugere (to shrink from appearing inpublic; to hate a crowd): seldom appearing in public, rarus egressu (Tac.). To appear in person, coram or praesentem adesse: to appear at a public meeting, an assembly of the people, in concione adesse.

To appear (be published), of a book, in lucem edi; lucem videre; prodire.

To appear before a court, in judicium venire: at an appointed time, se sistere (of the accused person and his sureties), vadimonium sistere (of a surety: opposed to vadimonium deserere, to forfaithis recognizances): to appear in court with any body, alicui adesse in judicio (to assist him with advice, countenance, etc.).

Seem, videri: the impersonal form “it appears” is mostly translated personally; “it appears as if our friends would not come,” amici nostri non venturi videntur :”it appears as if we had lost the cause,” causa cecidisse videmur. To appear in anybody’s eyes, judicio alicujus esse: ab aliquo existimari; videri alicui; esse apud aliquem.

It appears = is evident, patet; apparet; liquet; intelligitur: it appeared from many proofs or signs, multis emanabat indiciis.

To make it appear, that, etc., docere, especially with argumentis: demonstrare: firmare, confirmare, especially with argumentis: efficere, vincere, evincere. Vid: PROVE.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for appear?: The usual Latin words for “appear” are appāreō, cōnspiciō, offerō; also ērumpō, videō, pateō. 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.