English → Latin
“conquer” in Latin
vincōto win; to conquer, to defeat, to vanquish; to overpowersuperōto surmount, rise over, rise above, go over, ascend, overtop, mount; to go over, pass over, surpass, exceed, traverse; tdomōto tame, break in; to subdue, conquer, vanquishprōflīgōto strike or dash to the ground; to overthrow, overcome, conquer; to finish, conclude, resolve, put an end tosubigōto bring or get (under); to plough or cultivate; to sharpen or whetfrangōto break, shatter; to break, shatter (a promise, a treaty, someone's ideas (dreams, projects), someone's spirit); to breimperōto command, give orders to, impose, demand; to rule, governflōrusyellow, blond; flowering; shining, brightcupiditāsdesire (deemed good, neutral or bad); lust, passion; cupidity, avarice, greed, covetousnessdēvincōto defeat decisively, subdue, conquer, triumph
The English word conquer itself goes back to Latin quaerō, through conquaero.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
conquer
vincere (general term): superare (to overcome; both PROP. and IMPROP., e.g., the enemy, difficulties). (the words are found in this connection and order), vincere et superare: domare (to tame, stronger term than vincere; Vid: Florus, 4, 12, 30: Germani victi magis quam domiti erant): profligare (to overthrow a hostile army so completely, that it can not be rallied again): subigere (Vid: SYN. under SUBDUE): frangere (figuratively to break the power of anything; e.g., of a passion): imperare (figuratively to govern, command, have the empire of, etc., e.g., the passions, cupiditatibus): to conquer entirely, devincere (in a general battle); perdomare (to tame entirely): prosternere (PROP., “to dash to the ground;” hence, to discomfit, deject utterly): to be conquered, inferiorem discedere: victum or superatum recedere: to have never been conquered, semper superiorem or victorem discessisse: to confess one’s self conquered, manus dare (also with addition, vincique se pati, Vid: Herzog: Caes., B.G., 5, 31): to conquer one’s self, se ipsum or animum vincere; animum contundere (if by very violent measures): To conquer (towns or countries), capere: potiri (aliqua re), occupare: expugnare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for conquer?
- The usual Latin words for “conquer” are vincō, superō, domō; also prōflīgō, subigō, frangō. 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.