English → Latin
“arrogate” in Latin
assūmōto take up, receive, adopt, accept, or assumeascīscōto take or receive something with knowledge; approve, accept, recognize, adopt; to take or receive someone to oneself; barrogōto claim as one's own, arrogate to oneself, assume; to assign, attribute; to confer upon or procure for someonetribuōto grant, bestow, assign, attribute; to yield, give up, concede, allow; to divide, share, distribute
The English word arrogate itself goes back to Latin procō, through arrogātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
arrogate
aliquid vindicare sibi or ad se: aliquid usurpare (appropriate to one’s self unjustly: asserere is unclassical): sibi sumere, assumere, asciscere, arrogare, tribuere (ascribe to one’s self unjustlyor unreasonably). I don’t arrogate so much to myself, non tantum mihi sumo neque arrogo: to arrogate to one’s self great authority, magnam auctoritatem sibi sumere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for arrogate?
- The usual Latin words for “arrogate” are assūmō, ascīscō, arrogō; also tribuō. 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.