English → Latin
“join” in Latin
iungōto join, unite, fasten, yoke, harness, attach; esp. of the hand: to clasp, join; of a treaty or agreement: to join, unitconiungōto bind together, connect, join, unite, yoke together, juxtapose; to compose or form by uniting; to associate; to unite cōpulōto bind or tie together, unite, join, couple; to associate with; to connectcontinuōto join, connect, unite, make continuous; to follow successively or uninterruptedly or immediately, pursuit; to extend, obstringōto bind (by an oath); to oblige; to bind, tie or fetterdēvinciōto bind fast, tie up; to subjugate; to oblige, constraincommittōto join together, unite, connect, put together; to practise or perpetrate wrong, do injustice; commit a crime; to begincomparōto prepare, get ready, provide, furnish; to compare, match, place together, couple, form into pairscolligōto gather, draw, bring or collect (together), assemble, pick up; contract, draw up, compress, concentrate; harvest; to mconglūtinōto glue or cement together; to connect or bind closely; to invent, devise, contrive
The English word join itself goes back to Latin iungō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
join v.
Connect together, jungere (absolutely; or inter se; or aliquid cum aliqua re): conjungere (to join together, absolutely; inter se; cum; the dative; and, in figuratively meaning, ad; both jungere and conjungere, PROP. and IMPROP. The participles junctus, conjunctus are sometimes found with ablative only; Vid: Zumpt, §474; Garat., Cic., Phil., 5, 7, 20): connectere cum aliqua re (by a knot; and figuratively, of an intimate union): copulare (aliquid, inter se; dative, or cum aliqua re; to join as if by a cord, strap, etc.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) (inter se) jungere et copulare (Cic.): continuare (to join so that there may be no break or interval; domos, etc.; absolutely, or with dative): obstringere (to bind tightly together): devincire (to join indissolubly): committere (to bring into connection; e.g., ripas ponte): adjungere aliquid alicui rei or ad aliquid (join one thing to another; PROP. and figuratively): comparare (to couple together several things in equal proportions): colligare (to tie together): conglutinare (to glue together, cement; PROP. and figuratively): coagmentare (e.g., opus, Cic.; opposed to dissolvere). To join together with (= by means of) anything, conjungere aliqua re (e.g., calamos cerā): to join battle, proelium or pugnam committere: to join house to house, domos continuare (so fundos, agros, etc.): to join their forces, jungere copias; arma consociare: vires conferre.
join
INTRANS., Unite one’s self to anybody, se jungere: se conjungere (general terms; also of two divisions of an army) alicui or cum aliquo. Join a person, se comitem or socium adjungere alicui; se comitem addere alicui († i. e., on a single occasion, as companion); se ad aliquem jungere (Cic.; to attach one’s self to his party, court his acquaintance, etc.): se conjungere cum copiis alicujus; arma consociare cum aliquo (to join anybody as his ally); signa conferre ad aliquem (especially on the battle-field). To join in affinity with anybody (Bible), affinitatem jungere cum aliquo.
To be contiguous to, continuari alicui rei; alicui rei continuatum et junctum esse (Cic.). Vid: CONTIGUOUS.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for join?
- The usual Latin words for “join” are iungō, coniungō, cōpulō; also continuō, obstringō, dēvinciō. 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.