English → Latin
“preach” in Latin
doceōto producemoneōto warn, to advise; to remind; to exhort, advise, recommendhortorto encourage, exhort, urgecohortorto encourage or exhortōrātiōspeech, discourse, language; the power of speech; manner or style of speakingreprehendōto hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize, catch; to hold fast, check, restrain; retrieve, recover, restore; to blame
The English word preach itself goes back to Latin praedicō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
preach
PROP., *in coetu sacro verba facere; *e sacro suggestu dicere or orationem (-es) habere; *in coetu Christianorum dicere de aliqua re (on a subject): *de rebus divinis dicere (☞ Avoid concionari).
Figuratively, docere; monere; hortari; cohortari. To preach against anything, reprehendere, accusare aliquid: one who preaches to deaf ears, *monitor non exauditus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for preach?
- The usual Latin words for “preach” are doceō, moneō, hortor; also cohortor, ōrātiō, reprehendō. 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.