English → Latin
“mention” in Latin
commemorātiōremembrance, commemorationmentiōmention, a calling to mindmemorōto remind, bring to mind; to tell, say, speak of, narrate, utter, recount, relatecommemorōto recall; to remember; to mention, relate, recountmeminīto remember, recollect, recall, call to mind, think of; to be mindful of; to bear in mindīnferōto carry, bring, put, place, or throw in, into, to, or upon somewhere or something; insert; to bring forward, introduce,iniciōto throw, cast, hurl or place in, on, into, upon, over or at; to grasp, seize, take hold of, lay one's hands upon; to se
The English word mention itself goes back to Latin meminī, through mentiōnem.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mention s.
commemoratio (of something previously existing): mentio (general term): cursory mention, interjectio verborum (Auct., ad Her., 1, 6, 9): to make mention of a thing, mentionem facere alicujus rei or de re [Vid: To MENTION]: to make mention of anyone, in commemoratione alicujus versari (Vid: Cic., Brut., 49, 181): to make grateful mention of anybody, aliquem grata commemoratione celebrare.
mention v.
To notice or signify in words, memorare, commemorare, rem or de re (to utter a previous thought): meminisse (to show that one has not forgotten a thing). (The words are found in this connection and order.) meminisse et commemorare; mentionem alicujus rei habere (to entertain a thought, and to utter it): mentionem facere alicujus rei or de re, mentionem alicujus rei movere, inferre, injicere (to cause the hearer to have or to renew an idea): to mention casually, (casu) in mentionem alicujus rei incidere: to mention in pussing, mentionem alicujus rei inchoare (Liv., 29, 23): to mention frequently, mentionem alicujus rei agitare; crebro or crebris sermonibus aliquid usurpare: without mentioning, etc., ut omittam, quod, etc.; ne dicam, quod, etc.: not to mention all these circumstances, etc., omissis (or remotis) his rebus omnibus: not to mention this, that, etc., ut taceam, ut sileam, followed by an accusative and infinitive; ut praetermittam, followed by quod or an accusative andinfinitive; praeterquam or praeter id, quod, etc.
To acquaint, inform; Vid: INFORM.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mention?
- The usual Latin words for “mention” are commemorātiō, mentiō, memorō; also commemorō, meminī, īnferō. 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.