English → Latin
“create” in Latin
creōto create, to give existence to, to form, to make, to produce, to originate out of other materials or (post-Classical) oprōcreōto beget, generate, procreate, producegignōto bring forth as a fruit of oneself: to bear, to beget, to engender, to give birth to; to produce, to cause, to yield; fingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough); to touch, touch gently, stroke, stroke gently, handle; to adorn, dress, arrangeefficiōto make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose; to cause to occur, to bring about, condōto put together; to build, establish; form, fashion; make, construct; to put away, store or treasure up; preserve; interaedificōto build, erect, establish; (figuratively) to "build" a life, to live in a morally good or prudent manner; to create, frfabricorto build, construct, fashion, forge, shape
The English word create itself goes back to Latin creō, through creātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
create
To call into existence, creare: procreare: gignere (to bring forth): fingere (to shape, to form): facere: efficere (to make, to frame): to create the world, mundum creare, condere, gignere, fingere, aedificare, fabricari.
Elect, appoint; to create consuls, pretors, etc., consules, praetores, etc. creare.
To cause; to create a sensation, admirationem movere: to create admiration, admirationem efficere: to create confusion in anything, turbare, perturbare, miscere, confundere aliquid: to create uneasiness, sollicitudinis aliquid afferre: to create disturbances in a country, terram turbare novis consiliis; seditionem movere, excitare: to create a suspicion, suspicionem movere, commovere, excitare, facere, praebere. [Vid: To CAUSE, and the substantives with which “create” is used.]
To invent, Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for create?
- The usual Latin words for “create” are creō, prōcreō, gignō; also fingō, efficiō, condō. 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.