English → Latin
“comply” in Latin
dēscendōto climb down, to go or come down, to descend; to march down; to pierce, to penetrateserviōto be a slave to; to serve; to be devoted to, subject to; to have respect to, regard or care for, consult
The English word comply itself goes back to Latin pleō, through complēre.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
comply
with anything, consentire alicui rei or ad aliquid (to comply with a proposal, etc.; e.g., ad indutias): to comply with the proposed conditions, conditiones accipere; ad conditiones accedere or descendere (comply with them, especially after long hesitation): to comply with the times (Middleton), tempori cedere or servire; versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus: to comply with, or follow, anybody’s commands, wishes, alicui obsequi: cedere alicui in aliqua re: to comply with anybody’s requests, alicujus precibus cedere; alicujus precibus locum dare or relinquere; alicui roganti obsequi; precibus alicujus indulgere: to comply with anybody’s will, or wishes, alicujus voluntati morem gerere or obsequi: too frequently, alicui indulgere (to be too indulgent with anybody): to refuse to comply with anybody’s wishes, in sententiasua perstare or perseverare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for comply?
- The usual Latin words for “comply” are dēscendō, serviō. 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.