English → Latin
“argue” in Latin
disputōto estimate or compute; to discuss, debate or argue; to preachargūmentorto adduce arguments or proof of something, prove, reason; to adduce something as an argument or proof; to make a conclusfirmōto make firm, strengthen, harden, fortify; to say, affirm, assert; to reinforce the courageefficiōto make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose; to cause to occur, to bring about, arguōto clarify, to make plain; to assert, declare, prove, show; to reprove, accuse, charge with; to blame, censureīnferōto carry, bring, put, place, or throw in, into, to, or upon somewhere or something; insert; to bring forward, introduce,probōto approve, permit, commend; to test, to inspect; to examineēvincōto overcome, conquer, subdue, vanquish; to prevail or succeed in; to demonstrate, show, evince; persuadeostendōto expose to view, exhibit, show; to reveal, expose, make known; to explain, clarify
The English word argue itself goes back to Latin arguō, through arguere.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
argue
to discuss a question: agere rem or de re (general term): disputare, disserere de aliqua re (of learned discussions: disserere, mostly of a continuous discourse): sermonem habere de re (discuss it in conversation): disceptare aliquid or de aliqua re (with a view to the settlement of a dispute): to argue at great length, multis verbis disputare: to argue on the other side, contra disputare: to argue on both sides of a question, in utramque partem: on opposite sides, in contrarias partes.
Produce arguments, argumentari (with neuter pronoun or dependent clause): docere argumentis: firmare, confinnare argumentis: efficere or evincere velle (to wish to establish an opinion).
Accuse, arguere (with genitive, ablative de, accusative with infinitive, or ut). [Vid: ACCUSE.]
Prove, infer (transitively), probare: evincere, ostendere, declarare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for argue?
- The usual Latin words for “argue” are disputō, argūmentor, firmō; also efficiō, arguō, īnferō. 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.