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“bring” in Latin

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

bring
ferre, afferre, asportare, adducere, perducere [SYN. in CARRY]: advehere (by a vehicle or ship): importare (bring into the country): educere (lead out; e.g., a horse); ducere (lead): deducere (bring on his way, esperially for honor’s sake) in locum, comitari (accompany). To bring (attend) one home, domum aliquem deducere. To bring one to a person that he may be taught by him, aliquem deducere ad aliquem. To bring an offering, sacra facere. Bring the horse, equum adducas. Bring me water for my hands, cedo aquam manibus. He brought his message, later, mandata, litteras pertulit. The south wind brings rain, auster apportat imbres. To bring from one place to another, deferre, deportare, deducere. To bring word, nuntiare: again, renuntiare. To bring a proposition before the people, rogationem or legem ad populum ferre: a thing before the senate, rem ad senatum referre. To bring to light, proferre in lucem. e tenebris eruere. To bring upon the carpet, in medium proferre. To bring very many mitfortunes upon a man’s house or fimily, plurima mala in domum alicujus inferre. To brimg trouble. molestias creare.
I have brought the thing to that pass, that. etc., eo rem: deduxi, rem huc deduxi, ut, etc. To bring to extremity, ad summam desperationem or in summum discrimen adducere aliquem. To bring into doubt, in dubium vocare, devocare, revocare. To bring one to better thoughts, ad sanitatem aliquem revocare. To bring to nothing, pessum dare, ad nihilum or ad irritum redigere. To bring to ruin, pessum dare, perdere, ad interitum vocare, praecipitare: to poverty, ad inopiam redigere: to remembrance, memoriam alicujus rei repetere, revocare: to another’s remembrance, alicui aliquid in memoriam revocare or reducere: into subjection, in ditionem suam (or alicujus) redigere, ditioni suae subjicere: to an account, ad calculos vocare: to pass, efficere, perficere, ad effectum ducere: to an end, absolvere, perficere, ad finem adducere, ad esitum perducere.
To bring (more, persuade) one to a thing, aliquem ad aliquid adducere or perducere: persuadere alicui ut, etc.; elicere (entice, coax) aliquem ad aliquid. I can not be brought to believe this, adduci non possum, ut credam, hoc esse; addnci non possum, ut hoc sit. I can not bring myself to, etc., ab animo meo impetrare non possum, ut, etc.; non sustineo (with infinitive, or accusative and infinitive).
To bring; i. e., to produce, yield, ferre, efficere; efferre, proferre.
Cause, afferre, parere, movere.
Afford, praebere, dare. To bring one honor, bonori esse alicui. To bring a great price, magno venire; magni pretii esse,
Bring about, efficere, perficere, ad effectum perducere, patrare. I will bring it about for you, hoc tibi effectum reddam.
Bruig back, referre, reducere, reportare: word, renuntiare. To bring one back to duty, aliquem ad bonam frugem revocare.
Bring down, deferre, deducere, devocare.
Lessen, humble, break. etc., minuere, imminuere, levare, elevare, debilitare, attenuare, atterere, infirmare, frangere, enervare, labefactare: completely, pessom dare, evertere. To bring down a history to the present time, historiam ad nostra tempora deducere.
Bring forth (bear, produce), parere; ferre, efferre, proferre; movere, creare: (bring forward) proferre, producere.
Bring forward, proferre, producere; in medium proferre; = propose, proponere, (legem) feme; = advance, augere, adaugere, fovere, attollere: witnesses, testes proferre: an argument, argumentum afferre.
Bring in, inferre, importare, invehere; ducere, introducere in, etc.; (cite) proferre, afferre: = introduce, exhibit, aliquem loquentem or disputantem inducere or facere, personam (a fictitious personage) introducere := bring into currency or use, inducere, introducere, instituere: foreign usages, peregrinos ritus asciscere.
Yield, produce, ferre, efficere, reddere. The land brings in eight-fold, ager effert or efficit cum octavo. The money which the mines bring in, pecunia que redit (pecuniae quae facio) ex metallis.
Bring off (save, clear), serrare, conservare, eripere (alicui rei or ex aliqua re), vindicare (re or ab re), retrahere (ab re), salvum praestare, avertere (ab aliqua re).
Bring on, aliquem in auxilium or consilium vocare; aliquem socium assumere or sibi adjungere: (produce, movere, commovere, ciere, concitare, excitare.
Bring over to his own side, in partes suas ducere or trahere.
Bring out. in lucem proferre, protrahere; aperire, patefacere, detegere, manifestum facere; arguere, coarguere, evincere.
Bring together, comportare, conferre, congerere, cogere, colligere, contrahere.
Bring under, armis subigere, ditioni suae subjicere; reprimere, coercere; in officium reducere; ad officium redire cogere.
Bring up educare [Vid: EDUCATE]. To bring up the army, exercitum adducere. The soldiers who brought wp the rear, milites qui agmen claudebant or cogebant.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for bring?
The usual Latin words for “bring” are ferō, afferō, asportō; also addūcō, perdūcō, advehō. 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.