English → Latin
“endow” in Latin
ōrnōto furnish, equip, outfit, prepare; to adorn, ornament, decorate; to honor, commend, praiseexōrnōto equip, furnish, supply, provide; to adorn, embellishadōrnōto get ready, furnish, equip, provide, fit out; to decorate, ornament, adorn, embellishīnstruōto build in or into, insert; erect, construct; to arrange, organise or organize, plan; devise; to prepare (for), providepraeditusendowed, gifted, provided with, possessed of something (construed with ablative); placed or set over, presiding over anynūbiluscloudy, overcast; cloud-bringing; dark, gloomy, dim; troubled, confused, beclouded
The English word endow itself goes back to Latin dōs, through dōtāre.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
endow
filiae dotem dare: filiam dotare: filiam instruere (the latter with ornaments, furniture, etc.; hence (The words are found in this connection and order.) dotare et instruere). Since he could not endow his daughter himself, cum filiae (nubili) dotem conficere non posset.
IMPROPR., aliqua re instruere (furnish with what is necessary); ornare, exornare, adornare; dote alicujus rei (e.g., verborum, Cic.) locupletare et ornare (Cic.).
ENDOWED with anything, instructus, ornatus, praeditus: endowed with great natural talents, praeclaris animi dotibus praeditus; richly endowed both by nature and by fortune, instructus naturae fortunaeque omnibus bonis. Richly endowed, abunde auctus ornatusque aliqua re.
To settle property upon etc., proprietatem agri, etc.: dono dare (Ulp., leg. Cinc., p. 290). To endow alms-houses, *ptochotrophium condere, et inire rationem, quemadmodum [in omni mutatione dominorum] illud quasi consecratum remanere possit (after Cic.; about the monument to his daughter’s memory). To endow a church, relinquere aliquid ecclesiae (by will; Vid: Just. Instit., lib. 3, 28, 7).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for endow?
- The usual Latin words for “endow” are ōrnō, exōrnō, adōrnō; also īnstruō, praeditus, nūbilus. 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.