English → Latin
“proposal” in Latin
conditiōa making, creating; condition, status, position, circumstanceuxōriusbelonging to a wife; pertaining to or characteristic of a wife: wifish, wifely, wifey; overly fond of, excessively devotdēscendōto climb down, to go or come down, to descend; to march down; to pierce, to penetraterespuōto spit or spew out; to reject or refuseāspernorto cast off, turn away, avert, repel; to cast off, spurn, despise, disdain, scorn; to refuse, reject, decline
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
proposal
conditio: a proposal of marriage, conditio, with and without uxoria: to make a proposal of marriage to anybody, conditionem alicui deferre: to make a proposal, conditionem alicui ferre: to make an advantageous proposal to anybody, luculentam conditionem alicui facere: to accept a proposal, conditionem accipere; ad conditionem accedere, or (after long consideration) descendere (opposed to conditionem repudiare, respuere, aspernari).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for proposal?
- The usual Latin words for “proposal” are conditiō, uxōrius, dēscendō; also respuō, āspernor. 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.