English → Latin
“cite” in Latin
ēvocōto summon, to call out, to call forth; to evoke; to lure or enticeprōferōto bring out, bring forth; to make known, produce in public, publish, reveal; to appear, show oneselfafferōto carry forth; to bring forth; conduct; to bring, bear, convey or carry information, report, announce, inform, publish,laudōto praise, laud, extol; to commend, honor; to eulogizenotōto mark, make a mark; to write, especially in shorthand; to write remarks or notesmemorōto remind, bring to mind; to tell, say, speak of, narrate, utter, recount, relatecommemorōto recall; to remember; to mention, relate, recountpōnōto place; to put; to lay; to ordain; to appoint; to make (something); to set up; to pitch (camp)prōpōnōto set forth, to put forth, to lay out; to expose to view, display; to make knownquīwho, that, which, what
The English word cite itself goes back to Latin cieō, through cito.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cite
before a court, citure in jus, or in judicium vocare: evocare (general term for to summon an absent person).
Quote, proferre: afferre [not producere; and it is better to avoid adducere, for which Sen., De Ir., 2, 16, 2, is the only passage cited, ea animalia in exemplum hominis adducit, quibus, etc. Krebs allows citare with or without testes or auctores. Liv. has magistratuum libros Macer Licinius citat identidem auctores]: laudare (to cite with approbation): notare (with censure): memorare: commemorare: ponere: proponere (of examples): to cite as authority, auctorem laudare, or memorare (Cic.), or citare (Liv.): to cite as a witness, testem proferre, producere or (with praise) laudare: a passage, locum afferre: dictum scriptoris commemorare, referre (often, habitually): usurpare: I like better to cite examples from Grecian history than from our own, malo Graecorum quam nostra proferre: I will cite this one example, ponam illud unum exemplum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cite?
- The usual Latin words for “cite” are ēvocō, prōferō, afferō; also laudō, notō, memorō. 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.