English → Latin
“apply” in Latin
cōnfugiōto flee; to take refuge; to have recourse toperfugiōto flee or desert; to take refugerefugiōto run away, flee or escape; to avoid, shun a thingadeōto approach, go to; to attend (a performance); to undertake, undergo
The English word apply itself goes back to Latin plicō, through applicō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
apply
to make a particular use of anything, uti aliqua re: anything to anything, adhibere aliquid alicui rei, or in re, or ad aliquid (to use it for anything): collocare in re: impendere in or ad aliquid: conferre ad aliquid (spend upon). To apply remedies to a disease, adhibere remedia morbo.
To make use of as relative or suitable to something, transferre in rem: traducere ad rem: accommodare ad rem. To apply what was said to one’s self, aliquid de se dictum putare; aliquid de se interpretari. To apply a tale, etc., interpretari aliquid; de aliquo or aliqua re dictum putare.
Apply one thing to another, admovere aliquid alicui rei or ad aliquid (general term to move one thing to another; e.g., ad ignem): apponere ad aliquid (e.g., manum ad os).
To apply one’s self to a task, etc., diligentiam adhibere, industriam locare, studium collocare in re: (o apply one’s self very diligently to a task, magnum studium et multam operam conferre ad aliquid.
apply
Intransitive,
to be applicable. To apply to any body, ad aliquem pertinere; in aliquem cadere: in aliquo valere.
To apply to (= make application to); confugere, perfugere, refugere, ad aliquem (fly to for help): se convertere or conferre ad aliquem; adire or convenire aliquem (to turn to, go to anybody): se applicare ad aliquem (attach one’s self to anybody for protection: also for information): rogare aliquem aliquid; petere, poscere, contendere aliquid ab aliquo; supplicare alicui pro re.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for apply?
- The usual Latin words for “apply” are cōnfugiō, perfugiō, refugiō; also adeō. 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.