English → Latin
“put on” in Latin
impōnōto place, lay, set, or put on, in, into, over, or upon; to impose upon, put upon, lay upon, inflict upon, fix, put, enjoaptōto fasten, fit, apply, adjust; to adapt, accommodate, fit; to make ready, prepare
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
put on
imponere, alicui or alicui rei (e.g., alicui coronam) superponere alicui rei (e.g., capiti decus); apponere aliqua re (e.g., lumen mensa); aptare, accommodare alicui rei or ad aliquid (e.g., sibi coronam ad caput): to put on a hat, causiam capiti aptare; caput operire or adoperire (general term, to cover the head): to put on his cap again, pileum capiti reponere: to put on a helmet, galeam inducere (☞ induere is bad; Vid: Herzog, Caes., B.G., 2, 21): to put on a hood, calanticam capiti accommodare: to put food on the table, cibos apponere; mensam epulis exstruere: to put on the dessert, mensam secundam apponere: to put on colors (on a picture), (picturae) inducere colores: to put on clolhes (on another person), induere alicui vestem or aliquem veste (opposed to exuere alicui vestem); on one’s self, calceos et vestimenta sumere; induere sibi vestem; se amicire (only of clothes wrapped about one, as the toga, never of those drawn on): he puts on his shoes and his clothes, et calceabat ipse sese et amiciebat (Suet., Vesp., 21).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for put on?
- The usual Latin words for “put on” are impōnō, aptō. 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.