English → Latin
“predict” in Latin
praedicōto proclaim, declare publicly; to announce, make known; to praise, commend, extolvāticinorto prophesy, foretell; to sing, celebrate (as a poet); to rave, rant, spout foolishnessaugurōto predict, foretell, forebode; to conjecture, guess, surmise; to perform the services of an augur, interpret omens, aug
The English word predict itself goes back to Latin dīcō, through praedicō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
predict
praedicere: vaticinari: futura pronuntiare: augurari. To predict anybody’s fate, praedicere, quid alicui eventurum sit (Cic., Div., 1, 1, 2).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for predict?
- The usual Latin words for “predict” are praedicō, vāticinor, augurō. 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.