English → Latin
“dedicate” in Latin
dīcōto say, talk, speak, utter, mention; to declare, state; to telldēdicōto dedicate, consecrate; to proclaim; to commit tosacrōto declare or set apart as sacred; consecrate, dedicate, hallow or devote; sanctify, enshrine; to doom or devote to destcōnsecrōTo consecrate or dedicate; To hallow or sanctify; To deifyinaugurōto divine, practice augury, take omens from the flight of birds; to consecrate, inaugurate, approve on the basis of omensacersacred, holy, dedicated (to a divinity), consecrated, hallowed (translating Greek ἱερός); devoted (to a divinity for sac
The English word dedicate itself goes back to Latin dicō, through dēdicātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dedicate
Consecrate, dicare; dedicare (whether to a god or a man): sacrare; consecrare (to a god; Vid: SYN. in CONSECRATE): inaugurare (to dedicate after consulting the augurs): to dedicate an altar to Jupiter, Jovi aram dicare (also aram dedicare, consecrare); a temple to a god, deo templum sacrare or consecrare; deo delubrum dedicare.
Inscribe a book with anybody’s name; a book to anybody, alicui librum dicare or dedicare (used after Augustan age; Quint., Phaedrus, Plin.): librum ad aliquem mittere (to send a book to anybody, which Cic., uses as the customary phrase in his time for dicare and dedicare; Vid: Cat., Maj., 1, 3. N.D., 1, 7, 16: so librum mittere alicui; e.g., libros, quos Septimio misi, Var.); librum alicui despondere (to intend to dedicate it to; Cic., Att., 13, 12, 3).” Dedicated to M. Brutus” [on the title-page of a book], ad M. Brutum (without any participle).
Give up to; devote to; dicare (e.g., hunc totum diem tibi, Cic.; tuum studium meae laudi, Cic.): to dedicate one’s self to anything, alicui rei se tradere, or se dedere; alicui rei operam dare: to dedicate one’s self to the service of the state, patriae se dedere, or se devovere rei publicae se tradere: to dedicate one’s self wholly to the service of the gods, totum se vertere in cultum deorum: to dedicate one’s time to anything, tempus consumere in aliqua re: one’s talents to anything, ingenium conferre ad aliquid. Vid: DEVOTE.
dedicate
DEDICATED, dicatus: dedicatus: sacratus; consecratus; sacer (holy, as belonging to the gods).
Devoted to, deditus alicui rei.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dedicate?
- The usual Latin words for “dedicate” are dīcō, dēdicō, sacrō; also cōnsecrō, inaugurō, sacer. 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.