English → Latin
“associate” in Latin
sociōto unite, join, ally, associate with; to share incoeōto assemble, meet, come together; to encounter, come up against; to copulate, have sexfoederōto seal or ratify an agreement or treatysociussharing, joining in, partaking, associated; kindred, related, akin, ally; leagued, allied, united, confederatesodāliscompanion, mate, fellow, intimate, comrade, crony; member or fellow of an organisation; accomplice, conspiratorconvīctorone who lives with another, a housemate; a table companion, familiar friendcomesa companion, comrade, partner, associate; an attendant, a servant; a count, an earlperīculumtrial, experiment, attempt, proof, essay; risk, hazard, danger, peril; ruin, destructioncrīmena judicial decision, verdict, or judgment; an object of reproach, invective; a crime, fault, offensecōnsorsshared, common; kindred; sharers
The English word associate itself goes back to Latin socius, through associātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
associate v.
TR., sociare: conjungere aliquid cum aliqua re: adjungere aliquid alicui rei: anybody with anybody, aliquem socium or cumitem addere alicui. To associate anybody with myself, ourselves, etc., aliquem in societatem assumere or ascribere (general term): aliqnem in collegium optare (of election into a corporate body by the members). INTR.,
keep company with, aliquo femiliariter or intime uti; in familiaritate alicujus versari: also vivere cum aliquo; se comitem or socium adjungere alicui.
Join one’s self to, se jungere or conjungere cum aliquo (general term): societatem inire, coire, facere cum aliquo (enter into a company, league, etc., with): foedus facere cum aliquo (of a league or compact).
associate adj.
foederatus: foedere junctus: socius (ally).
associate s.
socius (partner, companion: bound to another by common interests: in any thing, alicujus rei; e.g., periculi; criminis): sodalis (comrade, companion: bound to another by liking, for enjoyment. etc.): particeps alicujus rei: consors alicujus rei (one who shares in an enjoyment or possession: the particeps [opposed to expers], voluntarily taking a part: the consors [opposed to exsors], because, without co-operating, he is entitled to a share: socius imperii, a coregent so far as he actually shares the business of a government; consors, as far as the office is merely honorary: particeps ejusdem landis; conjurationis, voluptatis: consors laboris, mendacitatis, vitiorum-in lucris atque fuartis): convictor (one who always lices with another): comes (companion: one who keeps company with another, especially on a journey, in walking, etc.): affinis alicujus rei or alicui rei (implicated in anything, mostly in something bad, affinis crimini: noxae, culpae). To declare his associates, conscios edere: to refuse to declare them, conscios celare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for associate?
- The usual Latin words for “associate” are sociō, coeō, foederō; also socius, sodālis, convīctor. 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.