English → Latin
“prolong” in Latin
prōrogōto prolong, draw out, keep (something) going; to extend (a term of office, a certain situation); to preserve, keep for aprō̆pāgōto propagate; to extend, enlarge, increaseprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out; to conduct to; bring before, present; to draw or stretch out, lengthen, extendextendōto stretch or thrust out; to extend, prolong or continue; to enlarge or increasecontinuōto join, connect, unite, make continuous; to follow successively or uninterruptedly or immediately, pursuit; to extend, trahōto drag, pull; to trail; to extract, withdraw, derive, take awayprōferōto bring out, bring forth; to make known, produce in public, publish, reveal; to appear, show oneselfprōlātōto lengthen, extend, enlarge; to prolongbellumwarmīlitiamilitary service; the military, army, soldiery; warfare, war, campaign
The English word prolong itself goes back to Latin prō, through prōlongō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
prolong
prorogare (e.g., the time of an office, the term in which a payment ought to be made, etc.; e.g., diem ad solvendum: the chief command, imperium: ☞ prolongare is spurious Latin): propagare (litterally, to remove, as it were, the limits of anything, to allow to continue, e.g., the chief command for one year, imperium in annum; hence to carry on; e.g., the war, bellum): producere (to carry on for some time longer; e.g., an entertainment, feast, etc., convivium vario sermone): extendere (to extend beyond a certain time, to go on with anything; e.g., until midnight, ad mediam noctem): continuare (to cause to continue or to exist, with reference to time; e.g., militiam; alicui consulatum, magistratum): trahere (to make anything last longer than necessary from want of energy, proper measures, etc.; e.g., bellum: different from ducere bellum, i. e., to protract the war purposely, in order to tire the enemy out, by not engaging in a general battle): proferre (to defer, to postpone; e.g., diem): prolatare (to defer to another period; comitia). To prolong anybody’s life, alicui vitam producere (e.g., by giving alms to anybody that would otherwise starve; Plaut., Trin., 2, 2, 59): alicui vitae spatium prorogare (of anybody that is to die; e.g., a criminal, Tac., Ann., 3, 51, extr.): alicui spiritum prorogare (of a patient, on the part of the physician, Plin., Ep., 2, 20, 7): to prolong one’s life by anything, *vitam sibi producere aliqua re; vitam prorogare aliqua re.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for prolong?
- The usual Latin words for “prolong” are prōrogō, prō̆pāgō, prōdūcō; also extendō, continuō, trahō. 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.