English → Latin
“show” in Latin
speciēsseeing, view, look; spectacle, sight; external appearance, looks; general outline or shapeimāgōimage, imitation, likeness, statue, representation; ancestral image; ghost, apparitionsimulācrumimage, likeness, statue, effigy, portrait; specter, ghost, phantom; mimicry, imitationspectāculumshow, spectacle; a place from which shows are witnessed, spectator's seat; public or civic eventverbumword; proverb, saying; verbnōmenname; short for nomen gentile, nomen, the family name in a Roman name, indicating the person's gens; titlesignificōto show, express, signify, point out; to portend, prognosticate; to call, nameindicōto indicate, point out; show, manifest, discover; to declare; to reveal, betray, uncoverostendōto expose to view, exhibit, show; to reveal, expose, make known; to explain, clarifyprofiteorto declare publicly, own (up to) or confess openly, acknowledge, avow, profess; to offer freely, promise; to profess, cl
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
show s.
Appearance, Vid:
Pretext, species: imago: simulacrum: sometimes color (Quint.). Under the show of, specie, in speciem (opposed to reapse); verbo: verbo et simulatione (opposed to revera, re ipsa); nomine (in order to palliate); per simulationem (☞ sub praetextu, or sub obtentu, not to be recommended).
Spectacle, spectaculum. Vid: also, SIGHT.
show v.
significare (to declare, make known): indicare (to point out): ostendere (to exhibit): profiteri (to profess, declare publicly): prae se ferre or gerere (to have the appearance of): promere: depromere: expromere (to produce, bring forward). To show one’s sentiments, sententiam suam promere, expromere, depromere, prodere, aperire; sententiam suam ostendere; quid velim or sentiam dicere, ostendere, profiteri: to show one’s joy openly, laetitiam apertissime ferre: to show one’s hatred or hostile disposition, odium indicare, expromere; (openly) profiteri et prae se ferre odium in aliquem: to show attention to anybody, observare aliquem; colere et observare aliquem (Cic.); officium et cultum alicui tribuere; (marked attention) aliquem praeter ceteros or perofficiose observare; diligenter observare et colere aliquem; significare studium erga aliquem non mediocre; (marked and affectionate attention) perofficiose et peramanter observare aliquem (Cic.): to show good will to anybody, benevolentiam alicui declarare (to manifest) or praestare (to prove): to show contempt for anybody, aliquem habere contemptui: to show pity to anybody, coram suum dolorem alicui declarare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for show?
- The usual Latin words for “show” are speciēs, imāgō, simulācrum; also spectāculum, verbum, nōmen. 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.