English → Latin
“prevailing, prevalent” in Latin
incrēbrēscōto become stronger or more frequent; to increase, gain ground, prevail, spreadet cēteraet cetera, and the rest, and so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information continues in a similar vigeōto be vigorous or thriving; thrive, flourish; to be in honor, esteem or repute; prosper; to be alive, livevulgōto broadcast; to publish; to divulge; to issue; to make known among the people; to make common; to prostitute; to make kpervagorto wander through; to rove about; to pervade; to extendcommūniscommon, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more togethepercrēbrēscōto become very frequent or prevalent; to spreadinvalēscōto become strong; to strengthen; to increase, prevail, predominateserpōto creep, crawl, move slowly (of an animal); to move slowly or imperceptibly, to creep in or along, proceed gradually, t
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
prevailing, prevalent
That is in force, etc., quod viget, increbruit, etc. To be prevalent, vigere, etc.: to become prevalent, increbrescere, percrebrescere (Cic.); invalescere (Suet., Quint.); (longius) serpere (Cic.).
Common, general, vulgatus, pervagatus (spread abroad among the common people): communis (common, or belonging to all). (The words are found in this connection and order.) communis et pervagatus. Also by the genitives vulgi (= vulgatus) or omnium (= communis); e.g., the prevalent opinion, vulgi, or vulgata, or omnium opinio: a prevalent fault, vitium commune et pervagatum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for prevailing, prevalent?
- The usual Latin words for “prevailing, prevalent” are incrēbrēscō, et cētera, vigeō; also vulgō, pervagor, commūnis. 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.