English → Latin
“deign” in Latin
volōto wish, to please; to want; to mean, to intenddūcōto lead, guide, conduct, lead away; to take; to draw, pullrogōto ask, enquire; to request; to beg, solicit, pray to (someone) for (something) (with two accusatives)
The English word deign itself goes back to Latin dignus, through dignāre.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
deign
To condescend or vouchsafe, velle: non gravari (with accusative and infinitive): he has deigned, ipsi placuit, collibuit, or visum est. Deign to, etc., rogo, ut ne graveris, etc. (Cic., with infinitive): often by circumlocution with dignum habere, ducere or judicare aliquem aliqua re, or qui, followed by a subjunctive (☞ only the poets and writers of the Silver Age say dignari aliquem aliqua, re): to deign to have intercourse with anybody, aliquem congressione dignum judicare; aliquem dignum judicare, quicum congrediar: to deign to speak to anybody, aliquem sermone dignum judicare (Cic.): to deign to converse with anybody, *dignum habere aliquem, quicum colloquamur or sermonem conferamus: to deign to invite anybody to dinner, aliquem dignum honore cenae habere (Suet., Vesp., 2, extr., says dignari aliquem honore cenae): not to deign to look at anybody, aliquem oculis fugere; *aliquem ne aspectu quidem dignum habere.
TR., (obsolate) dignum habere, ducere, judicare aliquem aliqua re.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for deign?
- The usual Latin words for “deign” are volō, dūcō, rogō. 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.