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“aspire to” in Latin
sectorto follow continually, attend, accompany; to follow after, pursue, chase; to seek after/outpetōto ask, beg, request, look for, inquire, petition, entreat; to make for (somewhere); to seek, aim at, desireaspīrōto breathe or blow upon; to be favorable to, assist, favor, aid; to aspire or desire (to); approach, come near (to)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
aspire to
aspirare ad or in aliquid, or with local adverb in o (sometimes with dative or absolutely): sectari or consectari aliquid (to pursue it earnestly). Also petere or appetere aliquid: captare aliquid: studere alicui rei: concupiscere aliquid. To aspire to the praise we long for, ad eam laudem, quam volumus, aspirare (Cic.): to aspire to immortality, immortalitatem sectari: to aspire to any body’s good-will, benevolentiam alicujus consectari: to wealth or power, opes or potentiam consectari: to which you aspire, quo tu aspiras.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for aspire to?
- The usual Latin words for “aspire to” are sector, petō, aspīrō. 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.