What is the Latin word for reckon?

The usual Latin words for “reckon” are pōnō, dūcō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“reckon” in Latin

pōnōto place; to put; to lay; to ordain; to appoint; to make (something); to set up; to pitch (camp)dūcōto lead, guide, conduct, lead away; to take; to draw, pull

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

reckon

To count, calculate, Vid: PHR., to reckon without his host, frustra secum rationes reputare (Ter., Adelph., 2, 1, 54); spe frustrari.

To esteem, ponere with in and the ablative. To reckon anything a vice, ponere aliquid in vitiis: ducere (with dative of what one reckons it; ducere sibi aliquid laudi): numerare aliquid in alicujus rei loco (e.g., to reckon a thing a kindness, in beneficii loco). To reckon anything a gain, deputare aliquid esse in lucro (Tac., Phorm., 2, 1, 16).

To judge, deem, Vid.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for reckon?: The usual Latin words for “reckon” are pōnō, dūcō. 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.