English → Latin
“leave to” in Latin
remittōto send back, to remit, to throw back, restore; to forgive, free one from any thing; to give up, reject, yield, resign, videōto see, perceive; look (at); to observe, note; to understand, perceive, comprehend
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
leave to
permittere aliquid alicui or alicujus arbitrio; remittere, whether, si; also, by a turn with videre; e.g., whether pain be an evil, I leave to the Stoics, sitne malum dolere, Stoici viderint: that is left to you, de hoc tu videris.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for leave to?
- The usual Latin words for “leave to” are remittō, videō. 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.