English → Latin
“introduce” in Latin
indūcōto lead, bring or conduct in or into somewhere; to bring forward, exhibit, represent; to bring into or before a courtintrōdūcōto lead in: to conduct into; to introduce; to bring forward, maintainīnstituōto set up, establish, found, institute or arrange; to train, teach, instruct, educate (usually by a course of training);persōnamask; character, personage, role; personality, character, individuality
The English word introduce itself goes back to Latin dūcō, through intrōdūcō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
introduce
Bring into use, fashion, inducere (e.g., new customs, words, etc.): introducere (a custom): instituere (to appoint; a festival, the census, etc.). To introduce a religious worship (from a foreign state), religionem advehere; foreign usages, peregrinos ritus asciscere. To introduce many changes or new regulations in military discipline, in re militari multa instituere (Suet.): he introduced many new inventions, and made many improvements on what brfore existed, multa partim nova attulit, partim meliora fecit (Nep.).
To introduce a character in a dialogue, aliquem loquentem, or disputantem inducere, or facere; personam (a fictitious personage) introducere; alicui sermonem tribuere or orationem attribuere: (several) inducere sermonem hominum; fictam orationem personis induere (when the speeches are invented, Quint.).
To make anybody known to another, introducere aliquem apud aliquem (by taking him to his house, etc): commendare alicui aliquem (by a recommendation): *praesentem praesenti alicui commendare (of a personal introduction). Sometimes ostentare aliquem (to show him; e.g., to introduce a young prince to the armies, per omnes exercitus): to be introduced into the Senate by anybody, per aliquem in senatu introduci.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for introduce?
- The usual Latin words for “introduce” are indūcō, intrōdūcō, īnstituō; also persōna. 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.