English → Latin
“oppose” in Latin
repugnōto fight against; to oppose; to resist or defend oneselfresistōto stand back, remain standing somewhere; stand still, halt, stop, stay; remain, continue; to rise or stand up again; toobsistōto place oneself before; to oppose or resist; to make a standobnītorto bear, press, push, struggle, or strive against; to resist or oppose
The English word oppose itself goes back to Latin pōnō, through ob.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
oppose
adversari aliquem (not alicui); repugnare; adversum esse alicui (general term); resistere (of a party attacked): obsistere (of a party attacking); obniti, rarely reniti se opponere, obviam ire. To oppose an enemy, hosti se opponere, obviam ire, repugnare; hostem propulsare; defendere: to oppose the opinions of others, aliorum opinionibus obsistere: to be opposed; to oppose (in argument, etc.), contra aliquem dicere, disserere, disputare (Cic.); adversario respondere (Quint., 70, 7, 3); obesse; obstare (to hinder); repugnare alicui rei or contra aliquid (to be repugnant, not in unison; then also = to hinder): obniti, obluctari (to strive against): to be opposed to anybody in a matter, repugnare alicui in re: I am not opposed, per me licet; nihil impedio, non repugnabo (Vid: Zumpt, § 543, sq.): to be opposed to each other, repugnare inter se (of two things): obtrectare inter se (of two rivals).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for oppose?
- The usual Latin words for “oppose” are repugnō, resistō, obsistō; also obnītor. 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.