English → Latin
“attend” in Latin
servōto maintain, keep; to protect, save, keep, guard, safeguard, watch over; to give heed to, pay attention to; watch, obserobservōto observe, watch, pay attention to; to guard, keep watch over; to heed, regard, respectdūcōto lead, guide, conduct, lead away; to take; to draw, pullintendōto stretch out; to strain; to turn one's attention to, focus (on); to aim, turn, directadvertōto turn to or towards; to steer or pilot (a ship); to turn the mind to, give attention or draw attention to, attendērigōto raise up, elevate, lift; to lift, raise, boost; to build, erect
The English word attend itself goes back to Latin tendō, through attendō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
attend
pay attention to: attendere aliquem or aliquid (not ad aliquem, ad aliquid: but attendere animum or animos ad aliquid is correct, Krebs): animum attendere, animum advertere ad aliquid: curare aliquid (care about it; look after it): servare: observare (observe): alicujus rei rationem habere, ducere (regard it; take it into account): to attend to the household affairs, negotia domestica curare: domus officia exsequi (of the mistress of a family): res domesticas dispensare (of the steward, etc.): to attend to one’s studies, colere stadia: deservire studiis. Not to attend to, negligere aliquem or aliquid. INTRANS.,
pay attention, animum attendere, intendere, advertere: animo adesse (general term): aures erigere animumque attendere, or erigi only, or se erigere (of auditors). Attend! adestote animis, erigite mentes auresque vestras, et me dicentem attendite! (Cic.). [Vid: ATTENTION].
Accompany (as attendants), or be consequent to (as a following train), comitari aliquem or aliquid: comitem alicujus esse: comitem se alicui dare, adjungere: prosequi aliquem or aliquid: deducere aliquem (i. e., attend a Roman senator) [SYN. in ACCOMPANY]: sequi (to follow): famulari (to attend as servant): apparere (to be in attendance on a royal personage, or one in high office, as scribe, lictor, etc.). To be attended by a crowd, stipari (e.g., non usitata frequentia).
To attend a sick person: aegrotum curare: assiduously, etc., aegroto assidere.
Wait for: opperiri (aliquem or aliquid): praestolari alicui or (but not in Cic.) aliquem: manere aliquem: exspectare aliquem or aliquid. [Syn. in WAIT FOR.]
Await: manere alicui or aliquem: imminere (hang over him).
Attend to a business: dare operam alicui rei (one’s business, duty, etc.): munere suo fungi: muneris sui officiis satisfacere: exsequi munus officii: colere, obire munus.
Be present at; to attend public, worship, sacris adesse.
Visit anybody, convenire aliquem.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for attend?
- The usual Latin words for “attend” are servō, observō, dūcō; also intendō, advertō, ērigō. 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.