English → Latin
“officiate” in Latin
obeōto go towards, go to meet; to oppose, face; to arrive at, reach, come to; to undertake a task, take charge of, take partcūrōto arrange, see to, attend to, take care of, look after, ensure, tend to; to heal, cure; to govern, command, preside ovecolōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden; to inhabit; to frequent, be the guardian of, cherish,
The English word officiate itself goes back to Latin officium, through officiātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
officiate
(In public worship)(In public worship), sacra facere, obire, curare, colere; rem divinam facere (Cic.); rebus divinis operam dare; res divinas rite perpetrare (Liv.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for officiate?
- The usual Latin words for “officiate” are obeō, cūrō, colō. 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.