English → Latin
“entreat” in Latin
rogōto ask, enquire; to request; to beg, solicit, pray to (someone) for (something) (with two accusatives)ōrōto orate, deliver a speech publicly; to plead, beg, pray, entreatpetōto ask, beg, request, look for, inquire, petition, entreat; to make for (somewhere); to seek, aim at, desirequaerōto seek, look for; to ask, question, seek or search for a thing, inquire, query, interrogate; to strive for; endeavor; sobsecrōto entreat, implore, beseech, supplicate, beg, prayobtestorto call someone as a witness; to beseech or implore, to begsupplicōto pray or supplicate; to humbly beseech or begdēprecorto avert or ward off by (earnest) prayer; deprecate; to pray for, intercede on behalf of, beseechimplōrōto implore, entreat, beseech; to appeal to; to pray topostulōto demand, ask, request, desire; to pretend, claim; to prosecute, accuse, impeach, sue
The English word entreat itself goes back to Latin trahō, through tractāre.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
entreat
rogare (general term for asking, aliquem aliquid): orare (to beg loudly and earnestly, pray, aliquem aliquid): petere (to try to get by asking, more with reference to the object: rogare, to the person; hence petere aliquid ab aliquo): quaeso (I beseech you, denoting an earnest request which claims a kind consent): obsecrare (to beg by all that is sacred; conjure): obtestari (to conjure, calling upon the gods as witnesses): supplicare (to beg on bended knees, alicui pro re): deprecari (to pray earnestly, aliquid, e.g., pacem; also followed by ut or ne; also aliquid ab aliquo; multorum vitam ab aliquo, Cic.; also “to beg off”): implorare (to entreat with tears, aliquem; for anything, aliquid): precious exposcere aliquid (e.g., pacem): omnibus precibus orare et obtestari: omnibus (or infimis) precibus petere (to beg with earnest prayers, etc.): petere, postulare, suppliciter; anybody for anything, aliquid ab aliquo: orare aliquem supplicibus verbis; orare or rogare aliquem suppliciter (all of imploring humbly as a suppliant). (The words are found in this connection and order.) rogare atque orare; petere et contendere; orare et obtestari; orare obtestarique; orare atque obsecrare; implorare atque obtestari; precari atque orare; petere ac deprecari. ☞ To entreat anybody to do anything, rogare, orare, etc., ut faciat. To entreat anybody earnestly, nay, almost with tears, omnibus precibus, paene lacrimis etiam obsecrare aliquem: to entreat anybody with the utmost possible earnestness, aliquem ita rogare, ut majore studio rogare non possim: to entreat anybody for anybody, deprecari pro aliquo; deprecatorem se praebere pro alicujus periculo: to entreat for the life of a criminal, petere vitam nocenti. To entreat the gods, precari a diis; precatione uti; precationem ad deos facere (pray to them). ☞ “I entreat you,” inserted parenthetically, quaeso, oro, obsecro (also inserted parenthetically). To allow one’s self to be entreated (i. e., successfully), precibus alicujus aliquid dare; a se aliquid impetrari pati.
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Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for entreat?
- The usual Latin words for “entreat” are rogō, ōrō, petō; also quaerō, obsecrō, obtestor. 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.