English → Latin
“request” in Latin
prexprayer; request; entreatyrogātiōAn inquiry or proposal to the people for passing a law or decree; a proposed law, decree or bill.; A question, interrogarogōto ask, enquire; to request; to beg, solicit, pray to (someone) for (something) (with two accusatives)petōto ask, beg, request, look for, inquire, petition, entreat; to make for (somewhere); to seek, aim at, desireadmittōto let in, admit; to perpetrate, commitflāgitōto demand, require; to entreat or solicit; to accuseōrōto orate, deliver a speech publicly; to plead, beg, pray, entreat
The English word request itself goes back to Latin quaerō, through *requaesita.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
request s.
preces (plur.): rogatio: rogatus (only in ablative sing.: ☞ not petitio). At anyone’s request, aliquo rogante, petente: to listen to a request, preces alicujus audire (not exaudire) or admittere; alicui patenti satisfacere, annuere; quod petit aliquis, dare: to refuse a request, preces alicujus spernere (Ov.), aversari (Liv.), repudiare (Cic.); alicui petenti deesse. What is your request? quid petis? If you grant my request, *si feceris, quod rogo: to make a request; Vid: the verb.
request v.
Intransitively, rogare: petere (general term for asking, whether as a request or a demand; in the middle, therefore, between poscere and orare, but somewhat nearer to a request: petere mostly refers to the object, rogare to the person: hence petere aliquid ab aliquo: rogare aliquem aliquid).
Transitively, rogare, orare aliquem aliquid: flagitare: efflagitare aliquid ab aliquo (with eagerness and impetuosity). To request the gods, precari a diis: precatione uti: precationem ad deos facere: to request humbly anything from anybody, supplicare alicui pro re: petere, postulare suppliciter aliquid ab aliquo: orare aliquem supplicibus verbis: orare or rogare aliquem suppliciter: to request importunately and almost with tears, omnibus precibus, paene lacrimis etiam obsecrare aliquem: to request in the most earnest manner, aliquem ita rogare, ut majore studio rogare non possim: to request the life of a malefactor, petere vitam nocenti: let me request of you, oratus sis: plur., rogati sitis or estote: let me request and beseech you, quaeso: oro: obsecro: to request the favor of anybody’s company, aliquem invitare, vocare: to request anybody’s company to dinner, aliquem ad cenam vocare or invitare: to request anybody’s company at one’s house, aliquem domum suam invitare (condicere alicui, with or without cenam, or ad cenam, is to invite one’s self; to fix to dine with anybody).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for request?
- The usual Latin words for “request” are prex, rogātiō, rogō; also petō, admittō, flāgitō. 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.