English → Latin
“attain to” in Latin
parōto arrange, order, contrive, design; to provide, furnish, prepare; to resolve, purpose, decidecomparōto prepare, get ready, provide, furnish; to compare, match, place together, couple, form into pairsacquīrōto acquire or obtain; to acquire or amass riches or money; to accruecolligōto gather, draw, bring or collect (together), assemble, pick up; contract, draw up, compress, concentrate; harvest; to mnancīscorto meet with, stumble on, encounter, acquire, get, reach, find something; to contract, catch; to possess by birth, have adipīscorto arrive at, reach; overtake, catch up with; to get, obtain, acquire, get possession of, achieve, attaincōnsequorto move, travel, come, pass or go after, or follow behind another (in time and/or space); to chase, to pursue, to go aftassequorto follow someone in order to come up to him; pursue, go after; to overtake, come up with, reach, catch up; to gain, obtobtineōto have, occupy, possess, hold, obtain; to preserve, keep, maintain, uphold; persist in; to assert, show, prove, demonstadaequōto make equal to, equalize, level with; to attain to, reach by equalling; to compare to or with
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
attain to
parare: comparare: acquirere: colligere: nancisci: adipisci: consequi: assequi: obtinere. [More under ACQUIRE].
Reaci, equal: consequi: assequi (to equal any body in a property: assequi mostly of attaining to the property itself): adaequare, exaequare (to attain to a property in an egual degree). (The words are found in this connection and order), exaequare et assequi: aequare (to equal anybody in a property: less commonly, to attain to a property in an equaldegree). To be far from having attained to an equality with anybody, multum abesse ab aliquo: to attain to anything, or to an equality with anybody, by imitation, aliquem or aliquid imitari: aliquem imitando consequi.
Arrive at. To attain to extreme old age, ad summam senectutem pervenire: the same degree of honor as another, eos honorum gradus. quos alius, assequi: an object, ad id quod volumus (cupimus), venire or pervenire; eo, quo aliquis vult, pervenire: eo, quo aliquis intendit, ferri ac deduci. To attain a wish; the object of my desires, etc., optatnm impetrare (by entreaty); voticompotem or participem fieri; voti damnari; voto potiri.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for attain to?
- The usual Latin words for “attain to” are parō, comparō, acquīrō; also colligō, nancīscor, adipīscor. 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.