English → Latin
“con” in Latin
ēdiscōto learn by heart; to study, get acquainted with a subjecttrādōto hand over, give up, deliver, transmit, surrender; impart; entrust, confide; to leave behind, bequeath; to give up or committōto join together, unite, connect, put together; to practise or perpetrate wrong, do injustice; commit a crime; to beginīnfīgōto fasten, fix, implantCōnstantīnopolisConstantinople (the former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the
The English word con itself goes back to Latin contrā.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
con
ediscere; memoriae mandare, tradere, committere, infigere (to learn by heart).
con
Pro and con, in utramque partem [Vid: “for and against” under AGAINST]: to state the pros and cons, causarum contentionem facere (Cic., Off., 2, 2, 8): to argue pro and con, et pro re et contra rem disputare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for con?
- The usual Latin words for “con” are ēdiscō, trādō, committō; also īnfīgō, Cōnstantīnopolis. 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.