English → Latin
“incline” in Latin
inclīnōto cause to lean, bend, tilt, incline, turn; bend down, bow something; divert; swerve; to cause to fall back or give wayindūcōto lead, bring or conduct in or into somewhere; to bring forward, exhibit, represent; to bring into or before a courtaddūcōto lead, bring, draw or convey to or to oneself; to prompt, induce, cause; to persuade, move
The English word incline itself goes back to Latin clīnō, through inclīnō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
incline
TRANS., PROPR., inclinare (mostly poetical and post-Augustan prose; to bend downward or to one side).
IMPROPR., inclinare (very rare: this inclines me to believe, haec animum inclinant, ut credam, Liv., 29, 30, 10): inducere (e.g., ad credendum, Nep.; ad misericordiam, Cic.): adducere (e.g., ad credendum, Nep.; in metum, in spem, Cic.; but both inducere and adducere are stronger than incline).
INTRANS., inclinare (Lucr.). Vid: LEAN.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for incline?
- The usual Latin words for “incline” are inclīnō, indūcō, addūcō. 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.