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“go out, go forth” in Latin
exeōto exit, depart, go forth, come forth; to avoid, evade; to escapeēgrediorto go or come out or forth; march or step out; to disembark, land; to ascend, mountexcēdōto go out, go forth or away; depart, retire, withdraw; disappear; to overstep, overtop, overpass, rise above, go beyond;proficīscorto set out, depart, leaveforāsoutside, outdoors (destination)prōcēdōto proceed, advance; to show oneself, appear, become visible; to go towards, go to meetabeōto depart, go away, go off, exit; to change one's nature; synonym of eō
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
go out, go forth
(from any place)(from any place), exire: egredi: excedere: to go out for anything; e.g., for booty, praedatum exire: to go out on military expeditions, proficisci (πορεύεσθαι; Vid: Daehne, Nep., Milt., 2, 3). (α) PROP., to leave the house and go abroad or into company, exire domo or foras (general term): in publicum prodire, or procedere, or egredi (to go into the streets, especially to appear in public): deambulatum ire or abire (to go out for a walk): to have gone out, foris esse: domo abesse: not to go out, domi se tenere: pedem domo non efferre (not to stir a foot from the house): never to go out, publico carere or abstinere (not to appear in public); odisse celebritatem, hominum celebritatem fugere (not to appear in public, from bashfulness or ill temper): one who seldom goes out, rarus egressu (Tac., Ann., 15, 53, 1). (β) To be extinguished, exstingui: restingui.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for go out, go forth?
- The usual Latin words for “go out, go forth” are exeō, ēgredior, excēdō; also proficīscor, forās, prōcēdō. 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.