What is the Latin word for arrange?

The usual Latin words for “arrange” are ōrdinō, redigō, dispōnō; also dīgerō, compōnō, collocō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“arrange” in Latin

ōrdinōto arrange, put in order, organize; to rule, govern; to ordain, appoint to office redigōto drive, lead, or bring back; to call in, collect, raise, receive; to reduce to a certain state dispōnōto dispose, distribute or arrange dīgerōto distribute, disseminate; to spread, branch out, disperse; to arrange, organize, classify; digest compōnōto arrange, compile, compose, make up, organize, order; to construct, build; to pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, qu collocōto place, put, set in order, assign, arrange; to put together, assemble; to settle cōnstituōto place, put, locate, lay; to set up, establish, constitute, found; to build, erect, construct praecipiōto take or seize beforehand, in advance; to anticipate; to enjoin, direct, order, command dēcernōto decide, decide upon, settle, determine (especially something disputed or doubtful); to pronounce a decision concernin dēscrībōto copy off or transcribe something from the original, write down, write out; to describe in painting or writing, draw,

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

arrange

ordinare: in ordinem adducere or redigere: disponere: digerere: in ordinem digerere: componere (to arrange so that the whole may present a pleasing appearance): collocare, constituere (place together; bring into a proper collocation). Sometimes describere (to sketch a plan): explicare (to unravel): dispensare (to weigh out in all its parts; arranging, that no part may come off short). To arrange troops, copias ordinare or disponere: in order of battle, copias or aciem instruere: the order of march, agmen ordinare: books ctr a library, libros or bibliothecam ordinare or disponere; bibliothecamdigerere: hair, capillum componere; crines or capilloa digerere: the folds of a chlamys, collocare chlamydem, ut apte pendeat (Ov.); componere togam (Hor.): a plan of the campaign, describere totius belli rationem: one’s family affairs, rem familiarem constituere; res suas ordinare; res familiares componere: a person’s affairs, alicujus negotia explicare. To arrange (words) alphabetically, (vocabula) in litteras digerere: words in a sentence (with reference to style), verba componere: verba apte collocare. A well-arranged establishment, domus omnibus rebus rinstructa, quae ad victum cultumque pertinent.

Make a plan or arrangement, praecipere, decernere, constituere. We arranged (to do so and so), inter nos convenit, ut, etc. I arranged with anybody (to do so and so), mihi cum aliquo convenit, ut, , etc.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for arrange?: The usual Latin words for “arrange” are ōrdinō, redigō, dispōnō; also dīgerō, compōnō, collocō. 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.