English → Latin
“conjecture” in Latin
coniectōto throw, cast or bring together; connect; to conclude or infer by conjecture, guess; to conclude, interpret, prophesy (prōvideōto foresee; to be cautious; to act with foresight; to provide, see toaugurōto predict, foretell, forebode; to conjecture, guess, surmise; to perform the services of an augur, interpret omens, augopīniōopinion, conjecture, imagination, fancy, belief, expectation; reputation, esteem; report, rumorsuspicorto mistrust or suspect; to surmise, suppose, believe or conjectureopīnorto suppose, imagine, deem, think, judge, opineconiciōto throw or bring together, unite, connect; to throw, drive, force, hurl something; to dispatch, assign, make gosuspiciōto look up at or to; to admire, respect, regard, esteem, honor; to look askancedīvīnātiōdivination, prophecy; an examination as to which individual is to be chosen as prosecutor when there are multiple accuse
The English word conjecture itself goes back to Latin iaciō, through coniectūra.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
conjecture
conjicere: conjectare (to “put things together;” to conjecture from reasons of probability): conjectura prospicere, or providere, or augurari (to foresee conjecturally; to conjecture): conjectura consequi (to arrive at by a conjecture): opinione or animo praecipere (to anticipate conjecturally): suspicari (PROP. “to look under;” to suspect, or, of good things, to hope): opinari (to imagine; to think it most probable, though one can not prove its possibility by valid reasons; not autumare, Vid: To BELIEVE): as I conjecture, ut opinor; ut mea fert opinio: as far as I can conjecture, quantum opinione auguror; quantum ego conjectura augurare possum; quantum ego conjectura assequor; quantum animi mei conjectura colligere possum: to conjecture from anything, conjecturam facere or capere ex aliqua re (☞ conjecturare is bad).
conjecture
conjectura: opinio (opinion, presumption): suspicio (suspicion): divinatio (a secret foreboding). According to my conjecture, quantum ego conjectura assequor; quantum equidem judicare possum; mea opinione: to form a conjecture about anything, conjicere or conjectare de re: to be very acute in forming conjectures about anything, callidissime conjicere de re: to be founded on a mere conjecture in conjectura positum esse; conjectura niti; conjectura contineri: to be deceived in one’s conjectures, falso suspicari: I find my conjectures confirmed, ea, quae fore suspicatus eram, facta cognosco.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for conjecture?
- The usual Latin words for “conjecture” are coniectō, prōvideō, augurō; also opīniō, suspicor, opīnor. 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.