What is the Latin word for into?

The usual Latin words for “into” are pōnō, locō, collocō; also statuō, cōnstituō, impōnō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“into” in Latin

pōnōto place; to put; to lay; to ordain; to appoint; to make (something); to set up; to pitch (camp)locōto put, place, set; to arrange, establish; to lease, hire out, lend collocōto place, put, set in order, assign, arrange; to put together, assemble; to settle statuōto put up (something); to stand (something) in an upright position; to establish, determine, fix (the form or character cōnstituōto place, put, locate, lay; to set up, establish, constitute, found; to build, erect, construct impōnōto place, lay, set, or put on, in, into, over, or upon; to impose upon, put upon, lay upon, inflict upon, fix, put, enjo repōnōto put back; to put back, return a bone to its proper place, to reduce a dislocation; to restore

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

into

in (with accusative). But ☞ after verbs of placing, putting, setting, laying, etc. (ponere, locare, collocare, statuere, constituere) in mostly makes the ablative; but imponere (when it has not the dative after it of the place into which the thing is placed) and reponere mostly have in with accusative [imponere in navem, in naves, in plaustrum; reponere aliquid in aerarium, etc.] . Cic. has also anulum... in mari abjecerat: inserere is always in aliquid or alicui rei (collum in laqueum inserere; aliquid alicui in os inserere. Zumpt, p. 354, § 490, erroneously says in with ablative). So also defigere (to fix [asseres in terra; cultrum in corde]). After many verbs the preposition is not expressed in Latin; e.g., to enter into the city, ingredi urbem. The particular constructions will be found after the verbs which “into” follows; to come into, fall into, get into, etc., Vid: To look into one’s own heart, introspicere mentem suam ipsum (Cic.); percunctari ipsum se (Cic.); in sese descendere (Persius).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for into?: The usual Latin words for “into” are pōnō, locō, collocō; also statuō, cōnstituō, impōnō. 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.