English → Latin
“exert” in Latin
exerceōto keep busy, keep at work, drive on; occupy, practise, employ, exercise (something in a form of action); to harass, worexigōto drive out; expel; to demand, require; enforce, exact (pay); to execute, complete a taskexperiorto attempt, to try; to test, to put to the test, to find out, to prove; therefore, to make trial of a person or thing; tprōferōto bring out, bring forth; to make known, produce in public, publish, reveal; to appear, show oneselfafferōto carry forth; to bring forth; conduct; to bring, bear, convey or carry information, report, announce, inform, publish,adhibeōto extend, hold out; to attend (to), handle, look after; to apply, adopt, employpraebeōto proffer, offer; to provide, grant, furnish, supply, service; to show, displayvīsstrength; might; vigor; capability (physical)contendōto hurry; to stretch, draw tight, make taut, strain; to place together in comparison, compare, contrast
The English word exert itself goes back to Latin serō, through exsertus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
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☞ exsergre is not found in any sense of this word (except the Latinized meaning = “to thrust forth”), till Pliny, exseram in librum tuum jus, quod dedisti; for exercere, exigere, experiri. To exert force, vim exercere, proferre, afferre, adhibere, praebere, etc. (Krebs). [Vid: To USE, EMPLOY.]
To exert one’s self, vires, nervos intendere or contendere: to exert one’s self very much, omni ope atque opera eniti (ut etc.): to exert one’s self beyond one’s strength, se supra vires extendere: to exert all the little strength one has, nervulos suos adhibere: to exert one’s self beyond one’s years, praeter aetatem facere: to exert one’s self to no purpose, inanes impetus facere; in anything, frustra conari aliquid: to exert one’s self in speaking, voce contendere: to exert one’s self too much in speaking, voci nimis imperare (Plin., Ep., 5, 19, 6): not to exert one’s self in speaking, voci parcere. Vid: “to make EXERTION.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for exert?
- The usual Latin words for “exert” are exerceō, exigō, experior; also prōferō, afferō, adhibeō. 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.