English → Latin
“offer” in Latin
conditiōa making, creating; condition, status, position, circumstanceprōpōnōto set forth, to put forth, to lay out; to expose to view, display; to make knownofferōto bring before or bring to, present, offer, bestow, show, place before, exhibit, expose; to cause, occasion, inflict; tprofiteorto declare publicly, own (up to) or confess openly, acknowledge, avow, profess; to offer freely, promise; to profess, clpolliceorto promise, guarantee; to bid, offer, present, hold forthcōpiasupply, abundance, copiousness, wealth, riches; plenty, fulness, multitude; opportunity, facilities (the means of doing
The English word offer itself goes back to Latin ferō, through offerō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
offer s.
quod aliquis offert; conditio. To make an offer, conditionem ferre (Liv.), proponere (Cic.): to accept an offer, conditionem accipere (Terentianus): to refuse an offer, conditionem aspernari (Nep.): offer of marriage; Vid: MARRIAGE.
offer v.
offerre (to set over against, to present to): profiteri (to profess one’s self ready to): polliceri (to promise), alicui aliquid. To offer one’s services to anybody, alicui operam suam offerre; at or in anything, ad rem or in re operam suam profiteri: to offer anybody one’s interest or power for anything, alicui auctoritatem, copias, opes deferre ad aliquid negotium: to offer a thing of one’s own accord to anybody, aliquid alicui ultro offerre or polliceri: to offer battle to the enemy, hostem ad pugnam provocare, hostibus facere potestatem pugnae or pugnandi: to offer one’s self, se offerre (general term), or se venditare alicui (of one who endeavors to gain the favor of anybody): to offer one’s self as bail or surety, se sponsorem profiteri: to offer one’s self for anything, profiteri operam suam ad aliquid: to offer one’s self as a guide, polliceri se ducem itineris: to offer itself, offerri, dari (of things and events): objici (to present itself accidentally): suppetere (to be at hand in abundance; Vid: Herzog, Sall., Cat., 16, 3): a good opportunity offers itself, opportunitas datur.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for offer?
- The usual Latin words for “offer” are conditiō, prōpōnō, offerō; also profiteor, polliceor, cōpia. 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.