English → Latin
“publish” 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 lightēvulgōto publish or promulgate among the peopledīvulgōto spread among the people, make common, publish, divulgeedōto eat
The English word publish itself goes back to Latin pūblicus, through publicare.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
publish
To make known, aperire (to disclose): patefacere (to discover): in medium proferre, also proferre only (to make anything generally known, in a good sense). (The words are found in this connection and order.) proferre et patefacere: enunciare: evulgare, divulgare (to bring to the knowledye of the multitude what ought not to be told at all, or, at least, only to confidential persons): cum hominibus communicare (to reveal to men, from God, ecclesiastical revelare).
To put forth a book, (in lucem) edere; emittere foras dare: to publish a work on any subject, librum emittere de aliqua re (of the author): *libri exemplaria dividere, divendere (of the act of publishing), or *librum impensis, sumtibus, suis eclere; *librum typis exscribendum cutare: *Iibri edendi sumtus facere (with regard to the risk, of the publisher).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for publish?
- The usual Latin words for “publish” are aperiō, patefaciō, ēvulgō; also dīvulgō, edō. 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.