English → Latin
“assemble” in Latin
cōgōto collect, assemble, gather together; to restrict or confine in space; to force, compel, urge, encourage, finaglecongregōto gather into a flock; to swarm; to assemble, collect, associatecondūcōto lead, bring or draw together; assemble, collect; to connect, join, unite; close up; coagulate; to hire, rent, employ,contrahōto draw in, bring or drag several objects together; collect, assemble, gather, amass; to bring about, accomplish, executconvocōto assemble, convene, convoke, summon, call togethermīlesA soldier.; A knight.; A man in boardgames such as ludus latrunculi and chess.
The English word assemble itself goes back to Latin similis, through assimulo.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
assemble
tr., cogere (PROP., to drive together; to bring together to one point): congregare (to drive together like a herd): couvocare (to call together): conducere: contrahere (to draw together; e.g. troops): to assemble the people, concionem vocare or convocare: the senate, senatum cogere or convocare: the troops (for the purpose of addressing them), milites in concionem convocare: to assemble troops at a given place, milites, copias in unum locum cogere, conducere, or contrahere. Intr., cogi: se congregare: convenire: coire (to come together): confluere: frequentes convenire (of flowing together in a large body): convolare (to fly together in haste): to assemble in the senate-house (after being summoned), in senatum or in curiam cogi.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for assemble?
- The usual Latin words for “assemble” are cōgō, congregō, condūcō; also contrahō, convocō, mīles. 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.