English → Latin
“consign” in Latin
dēmandōto entrust, commitassignōto appoint to, assign, distribute, allot, allocate; to confer upon, assign something to someone, bestow; to ascribe, attIūstīnusa male given name, feminine equivalent Iūstīna, equivalent to Koine Greek Ἰουστῖνος (Ioustînos) or English Justin; Justi
The English word consign itself goes back to Latin signum, through cōnsignō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
consign
deliver over, tradere aliquem or aliquid: to anybody or anything, alicui or alicui rei: demandare: assignare (e.g., Eumenem custodibus, Justinus.): to consign one’s boys to the care of a master, pueros magistro tradere (Cic.), or demandare (Liv.): to consign a person to the care of another, commendare et tradere aliquem alicui (by a recommendation): a business over to anybody, permittere alicui negotium :”to consign to writing,” (Addison) consignare litteris (Cic.), [Vid: ENTRUST]: to consign goods to anybody, perhaps *merces (vendendas) mittere ad redemtorem aliquem or redemtori alicui: to consign to the flames, in flammas conjicere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for consign?
- The usual Latin words for “consign” are dēmandō, assignō, Iūstīnus. 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.