English → Latin
“attract” in Latin
attrahōto draw, pull or drag to or towards with force; to draw, allure, lead, bring, move, attractalliciōto entice, lure or attract; to win over; to obtain, gain, captureilliciōto entice, seducerecipiōto take back, (i.e., regain possession of something); to recapture; to receive, accept, admittrahōto drag, pull; to trail; to extract, withdraw, derive, take away
The English word attract itself goes back to Latin trahō, through attractus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
attract
PROP.
attrahere: ad or in se trahere: ad se allicere et trahere. The magnet attracts iron, magnes lapis attrahit, or ad se allicit et trahit ferrum: to attract moisture, humorem trahere or recipere. ImPROP.
ad se trahere or at trahere: allicere: ad se allicere or illicere (allure). To attract hearers by novelty, audientium animos novitate tenere: to attract by arts of allurement, illecebris ad se trahere: to attract new or fresh pupils, discipulos novos attrahere (Ov.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for attract?
- The usual Latin words for “attract” are attrahō, alliciō, illiciō; also recipiō, trahō. 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.