English → Latin
“exhibit” in Latin
expōnōto make conspicuous, to put something where everyone may see it: to expose, exhibit, display, set out; to set forth; to prōpōnōto set forth, to put forth, to lay out; to expose to view, display; to make knownstatuōto put up (something); to stand (something) in an upright position; to establish, determine, fix (the form or character tabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for writing; board or plank; map, painting, document or other item put onto ratiōreason, reasoning, explanation, ground, motive, rationality, rationale, purpose; calculation, account, accounting, recko
The English word exhibit itself goes back to Latin ex, through exhibitus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
exhibit v.
exponere, proponere, propalam collocare (to expose in public fo show): spectacula pandere (Hor.). To exhibit a service of silver plate, paintings, and statues, argentum proponere, tabulas et signa propalam collocare. Apelles used to exhibit his works in a stall, after their completion, for the passers-by to see, Apelles perfecta opera proponebat pergula transeuntibus: to exhibit goods (for sale), merces exponere, venales proponere: ☞ exhibere must be used carefully, its use being far less extensive than that of our “exhibit :” it is used of exhibiting documents, etc., in a court, tabulas, rationes, etc.; of exhibiting one’s self in any character, colors, etc., to anybody, exhibere se aliquid [quid me putas ... populo nostro exhibiturum? Cic.].
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for exhibit?
- The usual Latin words for “exhibit” are expōnō, prōpōnō, statuō; also tabula, ratiō. 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.