English → Latin
“display” in Latin
prōpōnōto set forth, to put forth, to lay out; to expose to view, display; to make knownexprōmōto take, fetch, bring or draw out or forth; to exert, practise, exhibit, display, show forth; to utter, disclose, revealvēnditōto offer for sale (again and again); to try to sell; to betrayostentōto exhibit, show, present; to show off, make a boastful display of; to offer as an exampleostendōto expose to view, exhibit, show; to reveal, expose, make known; to explain, clarifypatefaciōto open, throw open; to disclose, uncover, reveal, bring to lightexhibeōto hold forth, present, show, exhibit, display, reveal; to deliver, give up, produce; furnish, supply, provide, render; praestōto be preferable, better, coupled with quam; to be outstanding, be exceeding in something, to excel, stand out, be superprobōto approve, permit, commend; to test, to inspect; to examinenāvōto do or accomplish enthusiastically; to pursue a course of action with zeal
The English word display itself goes back to Latin plicō, through displicare.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
display
To set to view ostentatiously, ostentare aliquid: in promptu ponere (to set before people’s eyes, in general; Vid: Cic., Off., 1, 35, 126): proponere (set forth to view; e.g., his plate, argentum, Cic.): propalam collocare (e.g., tabulas, signa, Cic.): prae se ferre (litrally, to carry before one’s self, to make a show of): expromere (to bring forth or to light): venditare or ostentare (to display one’s learning, literulas suas, in a contemptuous sense). To display for sale, aliquid venale exponere or proponere.
To exhibit, ostendere (to show openly, to lay before the eyes of people; e.g., potestatem suam, one’s power): patefacere (to reveal, discover; e.g., odium in aliquem): exhibere (alicui: e.g., one’s good will, benevolentiam): praebere alicui (to prove anything to anybody e.g., fidelity, fidem): praestare (alicui, to render, to show by one’s conduct; e.g., fidem, benevolentiam, animum): probare (to give proof of; e.g., virtutem): navare (anything towards anybody, in aliquem, with accessary notion of its being done with anxiety; e.g., studium alicui; benevolentiam suam in aliquem).
To DISPLAY ITSELF, apparere (to come to light); also elucere (litrally, to shine forth; e.g., friendship displays itself more among those that are of the same age, amicitia magis elucet inter aequales). His character displays itself, *indoles ejus sese ostendit or clarius conspicitur; more and more, ejus ingenii vires in dies magis elucent. [Vid: To DISCOVER itself.]
To carve, to cut up; Vid: these words.
display s.
Exhibition of, Vid:
In a contemptuous sense, ostentatio; e.g., display of one’s learning, *doctrinae suae venditatio quaedam atque ostentatio; of one’s knowledge, etc., ostentatio artis et portentosa scientiae venditatio (as Plin., 29, 1, 8, § 25, speaking of the barefacedness of medical men). By circumlocution, he set out his plate for display, argentum proposuit; tabulas et signa propalam eollocavit (Vid: Cic., De Or., 1, 35, 161): to make a display of one’s learning; Vid: To DISPLAY.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for display?
- The usual Latin words for “display” are prōpōnō, exprōmō, vēnditō; also ostentō, ostendō, patefaciō. 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.