English → Latin
“dilate” in Latin
dīlātōto spread out, extend, dilateprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out; to conduct to; bring before, present; to draw or stretch out, lengthen, extendlātuswide, broad; spacious, extensive; wide-rangingdisputōto estimate or compute; to discuss, debate or argue; to preachargūmentumargument (as in an argument for a position); evidence, a proof; a point, a theme; a topic, thesispremōto press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm; to tighten, compress, shorten, press closely, squeeze; to make,
The English word dilate itself goes back to Latin lātus, through dīlātō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dilate
Expand, etc., dilatare (PROP.; e.g., stomachi partes; opposed to contrabere, and, figuratively orationem, argumentum; opposed to contrahere, premere): producere (lengthen; e.g., ferrum incude; lineas ex argento).
Enlarge upon a subject at great length, longum esse; latius, uberius dicere or disputare; pluribus dicere; multa verba facere de re: late se fundere: to dilate upon it at a tedious length, effusius dicere: multum or multum et insolentem esse (e.g., in re nota, Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dilate?
- The usual Latin words for “dilate” are dīlātō, prōdūcō, lātus; also disputō, argūmentum, premō. 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.