English → Latin
“manage” in Latin
cūrōto arrange, see to, attend to, take care of, look after, ensure, tend to; to heal, cure; to govern, command, preside oveaccūrōto take care of, do something with care, attend or give attention toprōcūrōto manage, administer; to take care of, attend to, look after any thingtractōto tug, drag or haul; to handle, manage, or treat; to exercise, practise, transact or performadministrōto attend upon, assist, serve; to take charge of, direct, manage, administer, do, accomplish; governvideōto see, perceive; look (at); to observe, note; to understand, perceive, comprehendprōvideōto foresee; to be cautious; to act with foresight; to provide, see to
The English word manage itself goes back to Latin manus, through *manizāre.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
manage
curare, accurare, curae mihi est aliquid, curae habere, procurare (all = to care for anything; the latter also frequently = to conduct the affairs of another; Vid: Held., Caes., B.C., 2, 18): tractare (to have to do with): administrare (to render one’s services in anything, to administer, conduct; Vid: Moeb., Caes., B.G., 2, 22): videre, providere, subministrare; for anyone, alicui (to take care that a thing be at hand): to give a thing to anyone to manage, aliquid curandum alicui tradere: to manage domestic affairs, negotia domestica curare, domus officia exsequi (of the mistress of a house): res domesticas dispensare (with respect to income and expenditure; of the master of a house): to manage (i. e., carry on) a business, agere; tractare (to be engaged or occupied in): operam dare alicui rei (to bestow pains upon): colere aliquid, alicui rei studere (to pursue with care, zeal, and diligence).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for manage?
- The usual Latin words for “manage” are cūrō, accūrō, prōcūrō; also tractō, administrō, 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.