English → Latin
“evoke” in Latin
ēvocōto summon, to call out, to call forth; to evoke; to lure or enticeexcitōto call forth: to rouse, awaken, summon; to bring forth: to raise, build; to bring out: to encourage, revive, excite, stēliciōto draw or pull out or forth; to entice, elicit, coax; to conjure, summon (a spirit, god, etc.)īnferuslow; the souls of the dead; the netherworld, the underworld, HellIuppiterJupiter (god of the sky and ruler of the Roman pantheon); Jupiter (planet); the skyhumusground, floor; earth, soil
The English word evoke itself goes back to Latin ex, through ēvocō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
evoke
Call forth, evocare (general term): excitare (e.g., inferos): elicere (e.g., Jovem, Manes, etc. Cic.).
Remove, by appeal, to another court (Hume), appellare ab aliquo ad aliquem.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for evoke?
- The usual Latin words for “evoke” are ēvocō, excitō, ēliciō; also īnferus, Iuppiter, humus. 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.