English → Latin
“quote” in Latin
prōferōto bring out, bring forth; to make known, produce in public, publish, reveal; to appear, show oneselfafferōto carry forth; to bring forth; conduct; to bring, bear, convey or carry information, report, announce, inform, publish,laudōto praise, laud, extol; to commend, honor; to eulogizenotōto mark, make a mark; to write, especially in shorthand; to write remarks or notesmemorōto remind, bring to mind; to tell, say, speak of, narrate, utter, recount, relatecommemorōto recall; to remember; to mention, relate, recountpōnōto place; to put; to lay; to ordain; to appoint; to make (something); to set up; to pitch (camp)prōpōnōto set forth, to put forth, to lay out; to expose to view, display; to make knownquīwho, that, which, whatauctorseller, vendor; author, originator; sponsor, advocate
The English word quote itself goes back to Latin quot, through quotāre.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
quote
proferre: afferre [☞ not producere; and it is better to avoid adducere, for which Sen., De Ir., 2, 16, 2, is the only passage cited, ea animalia in exemplum hominis adducit, quibus, etc. Krebs allows citare with or without testes or auctores. Livy has magistratuum libros Macer Licinius citat identidem auctores]: laudare (to quote with approbation): notare (with censure): memorare: commemorare: ponere: proponere (of examples). To quote as authority, auctorem laudare or memorare (Cic.) or citare (Liv.): a passage, locum afferre; dictum scriptoris commemorare; referre (often, habitually); usurpare: I like better to quote examples from Grecian history than from our own, malo Graecorum quam nostra proferre: I will quote this one example, ponam illud unum exemplum: to quote the words of an author without naming him, auctorem ad verbum transcribere, neque nominare (Plin., H.N.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for quote?
- The usual Latin words for “quote” are prōferō, afferō, laudō; also notō, memorō, commemorō. 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.