English → Latin
“spread abroad” in Latin
pandōto bend, curve anything; to bend (oneself)expandōto spread something out; to expand; to explaindispandōto stretch out, to spread out, to extend, to expandexplicōto unfold, unfurl, uncoil, loosen, undo; to spread out, stretch out, extend, display, deploy; to disentangle, solve, setextendōto stretch or thrust out; to extend, prolong or continue; to enlarge or increasediffundōto diffuse, scatter; to decant, spread or pour outsternōto spread, stretch out, spread out; to calm, still, moderate; to cover, spread with, scatter with, bestrew with, besprindifferōto carry different ways, spread, scatter, disperse, separate; to distract, disquiet or disturb someone; confound; to sprcircumferōto carry, bear or move around or about; carry or move around in a circle; to publish abroad, proclaim, circulate, divulgdissēminōto broadcast, disseminate
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
spread abroad
Transitively,
PROP., pandere: expandere: dispandere: explicare (as troops, ships, battle array): extendere (to stretch out, extend): diffundere (to spread abroad in different directions, as a tree spreads its branches): sternere (to stretch out upon the ground).
Figuratively, diffundere: differre: circumferre: disseminare: spargere; dispergere (to scatter): vulgare; divulgare; pervulgare (among the people): evulgare: in vulgus edere (to divulge what ought to be kept secret).
Intransitively, diffundi: se diffundere (of trees and fluids): se spargere (of trees): vagari per locum; spargi per locum; late vagari (to wander over a place; of persons): diffundi et patescere (of a road).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for spread abroad?
- The usual Latin words for “spread abroad” are pandō, expandō, dispandō; also explicō, extendō, diffundō. 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.