English → Latin
“promulgate” in Latin
aperiōto uncover, make or lay bare, reveal, clear; to make visible, discover, show, reveal, lay open; to unclose, open, break patefaciōto open, throw open; to disclose, uncover, reveal, bring to lightprōsumto be useful or of use, do good, help, benefit, profit; to serve; to be good or beneficialprōmulgōto publish, promulgateprōpōnōto set forth, to put forth, to lay out; to expose to view, display; to make knownpraedicōto proclaim, declare publicly; to announce, make known; to praise, commend, extoledōto eatēdīcōto declare, publish, establish, announce; to appoint, decree, ordain something; to make known (of a decree), proclaim; e
The English word promulgate itself goes back to Latin prō, through prōmulgātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
promulgate
palam facere (to make known): aperire: patefacere (to bring to anybody’s knowledge). (The words are found in this connection and order.) aperire et in lucem proferre: denunciare (to denounce, to declare publicly; e.g., war): prodere: memoriae prodere (to deliver to posterity): promulgare (to give public notice of anything; e.g., a law, etc.): proponere (to post up; e.g., edictum, edict; fastos populo, etc.): praedicare (as by a herald, κηρύττειν, ἀνακηρύττειν): pronunciare (to announce to the public; e.g., an order with regard to military matters, παραγγέλλειν): edere: foras dare (to issue, to give out; e.g., a writing, etc.). Vid: also, To DIVULGE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for promulgate?
- The usual Latin words for “promulgate” are aperiō, patefaciō, prōsum; also prōmulgō, prōpōnō, praedicō. 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.