English → Latin
“confer” in Latin
cōnsiliorto consult, take counsel; to advise, counseldēlīberōto weigh well, consider maturely, deliberate respecting a thing, ponder; to deliberate or consult, take counsel, advise cōnsulōto consult, seek counsel from, take counsel from; to deliberate; to reflect upon, deliberate over, think (something) ove
The English word confer itself goes back to Latin cōnferō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
confer
INTR., To discourse with, rem conferre inter se (to confer with anybody about anything): colloqui aliquid cum aliquo, mostly colloqui de re (Vid: commentators on Nep., Them. 9, 4): conferre aliquid: consilia conferre de re: communicare cum aliquo de re (to communicate anything): coram conferre aliquid: agere de aliqua re or with ut (to speak about anything), with anybody, cum aliquo: loqui cum aliquo (to talk with anybody): colloqui cum aliquo (to talk with anybody, especially to settle anything): habere sermones de aliqua re (to discourse about anything): consiliari; in consilium inire (to take counsel together: the latter of judges): deliberare or habere deliberationem (to enter into a deliberation): consulere or consultare (to ask anybody’s advice) deliberare or consultare cum aliquo; aliquem adhibere in consilium or ad deliberationes: to confer with one another, consilia inter se communicare. TRANS., to contribute, conferre ad aliquid (to co-operate, i. e., to contribute one’s share): vim habere, valere ad aliquid (to exercise an influence upon anything).
To compare, comparare or conferre inter se.
To bestow upon, dare, tribuere (to give, to allot): donare alicui aliquid or aliquem aliqua re (to present with; all of persons only): afferre (of things only, as Cic., N.D., 2, 60, 151: quadrupedum celeritas et vis nobis ipsis affert celeritatem et vim): to confer a benefit upon anybody, beneficium in aliquem conferre: to confer an office upon anybody, munus alicui deferre, mandare; assignare: ☞ deferre signifies “to confer on anybody else what another has hitherto managed or possessed.” e.g., ad aliquem summam imperii, to confer upon anybody the chief command: regnum ac diadema uni, Hor., Carm: 2, 2, 22): to confer advantage or pleasure, utilitatem or voluptatem afferre: to confer a title on anybody, titulum imponere alicui: to confer a benefit, obligation, favor, etc. Vid: those substantives.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for confer?
- The usual Latin words for “confer” are cōnsilior, dēlīberō, cōnsulō. 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.