English → Latin
“commend” in Latin
commendōto commend, entrust to, commit; to recommendmagnusgreat, large, big; (of things) vast, extensive, spacious (of physical size or quantity); great, grand, mighty, noble, lo
The English word commend itself goes back to Latin dō, through commendō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
commend
commendare. OBS., commendare answers exactly to the English word in all its meanings. (1) To recommend to protection, etc., or favorable notice, commendare aliquem or aliquid alicui: (2) To make an impression in favour of anything, (vox) quae una maxime eloquentiam vel commendat vel sustinet (Cic.). (3) Deliver over to notice; e.g., commendare aliquid litteris, commendare nomen tuum immortalitati. To commend anybody to another strongly, alicui aliquem de meliore nota commendare (Curt., ap: Cic. Epp: 7, 29: the figure taken from the nota, by which the quality of wine was marked): to commend anybody very earnestly, etiam atque etiam or magnopere or valde commendare: aliquem intime commendare: very kindly, *peramanter commendare: To commend anybody very strongly by letter, ad aliquem de aliquo scribere diligentissime: to have anybody commended to one, commendatum sibi aliquem habere: to commend one’s self to anybody’s love and protection, se commendare alicujus amori et fidei: to endeavour to commend one’s self to anybody, quaerere sibi apud aliquem commendationem: To commend one’s self, gratum esse; placere; probari (all of things) to commend one’s self by anything, se commendare aliqua re (of persons) commendari aliqua re (of things): to commend itself (with emphasis on the self; i. e., by its own good qualities), suapte natura gratum esse. (the words are found in this connexion and order.) commendare et committere. I commend this property of mine to your honour and safe-keeping, bona nostra haec tibi permitto et tuae mando fidei. demandare is “to commit as a charge,” e.g., unius magistri curae plures liberos demandare: For Commend = praise, Vid: PRAISE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for commend?
- The usual Latin words for “commend” are commendō, magnus. 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.