English → Latin
“presume” in Latin
animuslife, life force, soul, vitality (that life-giving aspect which animates a thing); conscience, intellect, mind, reason, opīniōopinion, conjecture, imagination, fancy, belief, expectation; reputation, esteem; report, rumoropīnorto suppose, imagine, deem, think, judge, opineputōto clean, cleanse; to trim, prune, lop; to arrange, settleaudeōto dare, venture, risk; to be eager for battle
The English word presume itself goes back to Latin emō, through praesūmere.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
presume
To suppose or believe previously; to take for granted, animo, opinione, praecipere aliquid; opinari, putare (to think, conjecture).
To venture, dare, audere; id sibi sumere, ut, etc.; haud vereri: I do not presume to assert that my advice ought to have been followed, mihi non sumo, ut meum consilium valere debuerit: though I do not presume, etc., quamquam mihi non sumo tantum neque arrogo (ut) etc. (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for presume?
- The usual Latin words for “presume” are animus, opīniō, opīnor; also putō, audeō. 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.