English → Latin
“approach” in Latin
adventōto come continually nearer to a point, approach, arrive at, press forward, march on, come to, draw nearappropinquōto approach, come near toappetōto strive for, reach after (something), try to get; to attack, fall or seize upon, assault, assail; to approach, draw niimmineōto project, bend or lean toward or over, overhang; to touch on, border upon; to threaten, menaceīnstōto stand upon, set foot on; to be nearby, close to, be imminent; to assail, press upon, harasssubsumto be under, among or behind; to be at the bottom; to be nearbyappropinquātiōan approach, a drawing near (in time)accēdōto go or come toward, approach, reach; to advance, attack; to be added, joinadventusarrival, coming, approach, advent; Adventsuccēdōto climb, mount or ascend, go from under; go up; to march on, advance, march up to, approach; to follow, succeed in, to
The English word approach itself goes back to Latin prope, through appropio.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
approach
of person, accedere ad aliquid: appropinquare ad aliquid or alicui rei: adventare (absolutely, to approach rapidly; especially of an enemy in the historians): succedere aliquid, ad or sub aliquid (draw near to gradually). To approach (of a general), copias adducere, (propius) admovere (e.g., ad urbem).
Of time, appropinquare: appetere: adventare (i. e., with rapid steps): imminere, instare (to be at hand; of a threatening approach): prope adesse; subesse (to be near). The time approaches when, prope adest, cum, etc.: the seventh day was approaching, appetebat dies septimus: to have approached one’s eightieth year, prope ad octogesimum annum pervenisse.
To come near to, resemble, prope accedere (ad); accedere ad similitudinem alicujus rei; non multum abesse (a); simile esse alicujus. To approach the truth, prope accedere ad veritatem; non multum abesse a veritate; simile esse veritatis.
approach
Transitive, admovere aliquid alicui rei.
approach s.
appropinquatio: accessus: adventus: successus (gradual approach; e.g., of enemies): appulsus (rapid approach; e.g., of ships). Sudden approach, adventus repentinus, improvisus: unexpected approach, interventus, superventus (Tac., Hist., 2, 54, 1): similitudo (approach in the way of resemblance). The approach of the sun, appulsus soils: the approach of death, mortis appropinquatio: at the approach of death, morte appropinquante: at the approach of night, nocte appetente; sub noctem (not nocte).
Access. (1) As place, aditus: to close all the approaches, omnes aditus claudere, intercludere, praecludere, obstruere. (2) Liberty of approaching, aditus: to be easy of approach (of persons), aditus ad eum est facilis. Vid: ACCESS.
Approaches (of a besieging army) must be translated by opera (works). To make approaches, opera urbi admovere: urbem operibus aggredi.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for approach?
- The usual Latin words for “approach” are adventō, appropinquō, appetō; also immineō, īnstō, subsum. 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.