English → Latin
“bid” in Latin
invītōto invite, summon; to lure; to challengevocōto call, summon, beckon (with one's voice); to name, designate; to bring or put (into a state or condition)iubeōto authorize, to legitimate, to make lawful, to homologate, to pass (a bill or law or decision); to bid, to command, to imperōto command, give orders to, impose, demand; to rule, governpraecipiōto take or seize beforehand, in advance; to anticipate; to enjoin, direct, order, commanddīcōto say, talk, speak, utter, mention; to declare, state; to tellmandōto order, command, enjoin; to put in hand; deliver over; to commit, consignprōnūntiōto proclaim, declare, announce; to pronounce, sound out, articulatedēnūntiōto announce (officially); to declare; to summon
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bid
invite, invitare or vocare: to supper, invitare or vocare aliquem (ad cenam): to my house, aliquem invito domum meam.
Command, order jubere, imperare, praecipere, dicere, mandare. If you would have done as I bade you, si meum imperium exsequi voluisses. You had best do as I bid you, tu fac ut dixi, si sapis. Do as he shall bid you, quod imperabit facito. Run and bid the woman come hither, curre, mulierem arcesse.
To bid at a sale, licere, licitari, licitationem facere. To bid against one, aliquo licente contra liceri: to bid an as, liceri asse. To bid upon, aliquid liceri. FIG., to bid fair, promittere aliquem or aliquid; spem facere, dare alicujus rei; aliquid sperare jubere, bene de se sperare jubere.
Proclaim, pronuntiare.
Denounce, denuntiare. Bid defiance to a person, provocare aliquem (challenge): contumacem esse in aliquem; alicui resistere: a thing, contumacem esse adversus aliquid (e.g., imperia patris): contumaciter spernere (e.g., imperia validiorum): contemnere aliquid (e.g., omnia jura humana); obviam ire alicui rei, se offerre alicui rei (e.g., periculis).
I bid one welcome, aliquem salvere jubeo, alicui salutem do, benigne ali quem excipio. To bid good-morrow, salu to, salvere jubeo.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bid?
- The usual Latin words for “bid” are invītō, vocō, iubeō; also imperō, praecipiō, dīcō. 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.