English → Latin
“propagate” in Latin
prō̆pāgōto propagate; to extend, enlarge, increasedissēminōto broadcast, disseminaterūmorrumor, hearsay, gossip; the voice of the people, the common opinion; (also) fame, reputation; rustle, murmur, a murmurinmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad; unpleasant to the senses, sight, smell, taste, touch; bad, evil, wicked, mdispergōto scatter (about) or dispersedīvulgōto spread among the people, make common, publish, divulgediffundōto diffuse, scatter; to decant, spread or pour out
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
propagate
propagare (PROP. and IMPROP., of propagating a race): disseminare (e.g., a report, rumorem; an evil, malum). The disease propagates itself by contagion, contactu morbus in alios vulgatur (Liv., 4, 30). To propagate a report, rumorem or famam differre; rumorem spargere, dispergere, divulgare, etc.: to be propagated, se diffundere, diffundi (to spread itself; PROP. and figuratively, of rumors, errors, etc.); late serpere (of rumors, etc.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for propagate?
- The usual Latin words for “propagate” are prō̆pāgō, dissēminō, rūmor; also malus, dispergō, dīvulgō. 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.