What is the Latin word for beg?

The usual Latin words for “beg” are rogō, flāgitō, petō; also mendīcō, colligō, Ammiānus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“beg” in Latin

rogōto ask, enquire; to request; to beg, solicit, pray to (someone) for (something) (with two accusatives)flāgitōto demand, require; to entreat or solicit; to accuse petōto ask, beg, request, look for, inquire, petition, entreat; to make for (somewhere); to seek, aim at, desire mendīcōto beg, ask for alms colligōto gather, draw, bring or collect (together), assemble, pick up; contract, draw up, compress, concentrate; harvest; to m Ammiānusa masculine praenomen, famously held by

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

beg

TR. to request, pray for, rogare, orare aliquem aliquid: flagitare; efflagitare aliquid ab aliquo (with eagerness and impetuosity): to beg the gods, precari a diis; precatione uti; precationem ad deos facere: to beg humbly anything from anybody, supplicare alicui pro re: petere, postulare suppliciter aliquid ab aliquo; orare aliquem supplicibus verbis orare or rogare aliquem suppliciter: to beg importunately and almost with tears, omnibus precibus, paene lacrimis etiamobsecrare aliquem: to beg in the most earnest manner, aliquem ita rogare, ut majore studio rogare non possim: to beg the life of a malefactor, petere vitam nocenti: let me beg of you, oratus sis; rogati sitis or estote: let me beg and beseech you, quaeso, oro, obsecro.

To beg the (favor of anybody’s) company, aliquem invitare, vocare: to beg anybody’s company to dinner, aliquem ad cenam vocare or invitare: to beg any body’s company at one’s house, aliquem domum suam invitare [condicere alicui, with or without cenam, or ad cenam, is to invite one’s self; to fix to dine with anybody].

beg

INTRANS., mendicare: stipem cofere or colligere (to beg alms): of anybody, mendicare or emendicare stipem ab aliquo (Suet., Oct., 91): from house to house, ostiatim stipem cogere: to live by begging, mendicando or mendicantem vivere; stipe precaria victitare (Ammianus, 26, 10).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for beg?: The usual Latin words for “beg” are rogō, flāgitō, petō; also mendīcō, colligō, Ammiānus. 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.