English → Latin
“compare” in Latin
comparōto prepare, get ready, provide, furnish; to compare, match, place together, couple, form into pairscompōnōto arrange, compile, compose, make up, organize, order; to construct, build; to pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, qucōnferōto bring or collect together, gather; unite, join, connect; to bring or place together or near, set in opposition, opposcontendōto hurry; to stretch, draw tight, make taut, strain; to place together in comparison, compare, contrast
The English word compare itself goes back to Latin pār, through comparare.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
compare
to endeavour to detect the similitude or equality between two or several objects: comparare (compare two things which are quite similar to one another, i. e., stand in the relation of a pair): componere (to place the one by the side of the other; of things which approximate to each other, and when the difference existing between them may be equalized): conferre (to subject to comparison things which are very different from - or opposed to - each other): contendere (to hold together things to discover whether they suit together, if that point is still doubtful), all; with anything, alicui rei or cum aliqua re: compare between or among another, with another, comparare or conferre inter se: to be compared with one another, in contentionis judicium vocari.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for compare?
- The usual Latin words for “compare” are comparō, compōnō, cōnferō; also contendō. 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.