English → Latin
“conglobate” in Latin
conglobōto gather into a ball; to accumulate; to crowd togetherrotundōto round off (make round)complicōto fold or roll up or together; to complicateglomerōto glomerate, make into a ball, pile in a heap; to gather, assemble in a group, groupconglomerōto collect in a ball, to conglomerate, to roll into one placeglobōsusspherical, globular
The English word conglobate itself goes back to Latin globus, through conglobātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
conglobate
conglobare. rotundare; corrotundare (to make round): complicare (to wind up, or together): glomerare, conglomerare (wind into a ball; Vid: Ov., Met., 6, 19): to be conglobated, conglobari (to assume the form of a sphere), also in speciem orbis globari: se rotundare: rotundari (to round itself, general term): in rotunditatem globari.
conglobate adj.
conglobatus: ipse in se conglobatus (Cic.): conglobatus undique aequabiliter (Cic., ; of the sea): globosus; (the words are found in this connexion and order.) solidus et globosus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for conglobate?
- The usual Latin words for “conglobate” are conglobō, rotundō, complicō; also glomerō, conglomerō, globōsus. 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.