English → Latin
“congregate” in Latin
cōgōto collect, assemble, gather together; to restrict or confine in space; to force, compel, urge, encourage, finaglecongregōto gather into a flock; to swarm; to assemble, collect, associateconvocōto assemble, convene, convoke, summon, call togethercondūcōto lead, bring or draw together; assemble, collect; to connect, join, unite; close up; coagulate; to hire, rent, employ,contrahōto draw in, bring or drag several objects together; collect, assemble, gather, amass; to bring about, accomplish, executconveniōto convene, assemble, gather, meet or come together; to accost, to call on; to sue, to let be summoned to courtcoeōto assemble, meet, come together; to encounter, come up against; to copulate, have sexcōnfluōto flow or run together; to flock or crowd together, to come together in multitudes; to throng, assembleconvolōto fly or flock together with othersconcurrōto run with others, flock together; to meet, clash, dash together, strike one another; to take refuge
The English word congregate itself goes back to Latin grex, through congregātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
congregate
TR., cogere (PROP., to drive together, to colled at one point in a heap): congregare (to bring together, to unite in one flock, as it were): convocare (to call together, to convoke): conducere: contrahere (to draw together, to concentrate; e.g., troops). INTR.
To assemble, or form themselves into an assembly, cogi; se congregare; congregari; convenire: coire (to come together): confluere: frequentes convenire (to flock together, to assemble in masses): convolare (to assemble in great haste): concurrere (to run together, in masses): concursare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for congregate?
- The usual Latin words for “congregate” are cōgō, congregō, convocō; also condūcō, contrahō, conveniō. 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.