English → Latin
“impute” in Latin
dūcōto lead, guide, conduct, lead away; to take; to draw, pullvertōto turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve; to turn upside down, overturn, overthrow, tribuōto grant, bestow, assign, attribute; to yield, give up, concede, allow; to divide, share, distributeattribuōto associate; to add or join to; to annexassignōto appoint to, assign, distribute, allot, allocate; to confer upon, assign something to someone, bestow; to ascribe, att
The English word impute itself goes back to Latin putus, through imputō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
impute
dare: ducere: vertere: tribuere (all with dative of person to whom the fault is imputed): attribuere: adscribere: assignare (ascribe or assign it to). To impute it as a fault to anybody, vitio dare, ducere, or vertere; as a crime, crimini dare: to impute it to pride, superbiae ducere; to cowardice, ignaviae ducere or dare (☞ imputare is post-claccical, Sen., Quint., Tac., Plin.): to impute it to fear, aliquid timori assignare: you impute all this to me, haec tibi a me eveniunt. Vid: ASCRIBE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for impute?
- The usual Latin words for “impute” are dūcō, vertō, tribuō; also attribuō, assignō. 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.