What is the Latin word for guess?

The usual Latin words for “guess” are coniectō, cōnsequor, praecipiō; also soleō, explicō, dīvīnō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“guess” in Latin

coniectōto throw, cast or bring together; connect; to conclude or infer by conjecture, guess; to conclude, interpret, prophesy (cōnsequorto move, travel, come, pass or go after, or follow behind another (in time and/or space); to chase, to pursue, to go aft praecipiōto take or seize beforehand, in advance; to anticipate; to enjoin, direct, order, command soleōto be accustomed, used to, in the habit of explicōto unfold, unfurl, uncoil, loosen, undo; to spread out, stretch out, extend, display, deploy; to disentangle, solve, set dīvīnōto foresee, foretell, divine; to prophesy; to guess opīnorto suppose, imagine, deem, think, judge, opine coniciōto throw or bring together, unite, connect; to throw, drive, force, hurl something; to dispatch, assign, make go opīniōopinion, conjecture, imagination, fancy, belief, expectation; reputation, esteem; report, rumor

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

guess

conjicere: conjectare: conjectura assequi or consequi: praecipere (to anticipate anything before it is carried into effect; e.g., anybody’s plans): solvere: explicare (to solve; e.g., a riddle, etc.): divinare (to divine; to guess the future, divinare futura: divinare quid... consuli vitii obvenisset, Liv.): opinari (to guess that anything is so from perceiving its possibility, probability, etc. ☞ Not autumare). To guess anybody’s feeling or sentiments, ad sensum opinionemque alicujus penetrare (Cic., Partit., 36, 123): that is difficult to guess, horum difficilis est conjectura: as far as I can guess, quantum opinione auguror; quantum ego conjectura assequor or augurari possum; quantum ego animi mei conjectura colligere possum; quantum conjectare licet: to guess wrong, conjectura aberrare (Cic., Att., 14, 21): if there are any means of guessing anything, si qua conjectura sit alicujus rei (Liv.): to guess from anything, conjecturam facere or capere ex re. Vid: also, To CONJECTURE.

guess s.

conjectura (based on the ground of the probability of a fact): opinio (the opinion, as the result of imagination, without regard to the correctness or incorrectness of the grounds on which it is formed).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for guess?: The usual Latin words for “guess” are coniectō, cōnsequor, praecipiō; also soleō, explicō, dīvīnō. 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.