English → Latin
“entitle” in Latin
īnscrībōto write in or upon something, inscribe; furnish with an inscription, give a title to a book; to ascribe, assign, attribappellōto drive or move to; to land or put ashoreiūslaw, right; subjective right, individual right; court of lawineōto enter, go into; to begin; to have sexual intercourseLaeliusa Roman nomen gentiliciumcōpiasupply, abundance, copiousness, wealth, riches; plenty, fulness, multitude; opportunity, facilities (the means of doing
The English word entitle itself goes back to Latin titulus, through intitulāre.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
entitle
inscribere (a writing, book, etc.): appellare (to entitle a man): the book is entitled, liber inscriptus est; liber inscribitur (the former, when an author speaks of his own works, but sometimes when works of another author are quoted: ☞ Cic., De Or., 2, 14, 61; Divin., 2, 1, 1, and 2, 54, init.; Suet., Caes., 55: the latter, of the works, especially the small works, of another author. Cic., Off., 2, 9, 31 [alio libro - qui inscribitur, Laelius], seems to make against this; but ☞ Gernhard, Beier, etc.).
Confer a claim, jus or potestatem aliquid faciendi dare; to anything, jus, copiam, potestatem alicujus rei alicui dare or facere. To be entitled, jus or potestatem, or jus potestatemque habere; to do anything, aliquid faciendi; copia, potestas, fas mihi est alicujus rei: I am entitled to do this, hoc ad meum officium pertinet: I am not entitled to do this, non meum est; haec res nihil ad meum officium pertinet: to believe one’s self entitled, *sibi jus datum, or potestatem datam putare: not to think myself entitled, non fas esse ducere. ☞ Sometimes “to be entitled” may be translated by possum, or licet mihi, aliquid facere; or dignus sum, or dignum me puto, qui etc.: I am entitled to aspire to the highest honors, *ad amplissimos honores aspirare possum: he who obeys well, will hereafter be entitled to command, qui modeste paret, videtur, qui aliquando imperet, dignus esse. No one is entitled to this name, but he who etc., quo nomine nemo dignus est, nisi qui etc.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for entitle?
- The usual Latin words for “entitle” are īnscrībō, appellō, iūs; also ineō, Laelius, cōpia. 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.