English → Latin
“shall” in Latin
dēbeōto owe something, to be under obligation to and for something; to be bound, in duty bound to do something; "ought", "musoportetto be necessary, needful; to be proper, becoming, right or reasonable; to behoove; (absolutely) one should or ought tocōgōto collect, assemble, gather together; to restrict or confine in space; to force, compel, urge, encourage, finagleiubeōto authorize, to legitimate, to make lawful, to homologate, to pass (a bill or law or decision); to bid, to command, to praecipiōto take or seize beforehand, in advance; to anticipate; to enjoin, direct, order, command
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
shall
often only the sign of the future, sometimes of the imperative; but it conveys also the idea of (a) duty, and may be rendered by debere. (b) Necessity, oportet: necesse est: (c) Compulsion, cogi; or the participle future passive; e.g., hodie ei abeundum est. (d) Command, jubere: praecipere. (e) Desire, entreaty, jubere velle (e.g., quid me facere vis, jubes? quid hic mihi faciendum est?). (f) Possibility, by the subjunctive; e.g., si forte tibi occurrat; si quispiam dixerit. Vid: SHOULD.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for shall?
- The usual Latin words for “shall” are dēbeō, oportet, cōgō; also iubeō, praecipiō. 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.