English → Latin
“sue” in Latin
rogōto ask, enquire; to request; to beg, solicit, pray to (someone) for (something) (with two accusatives)flāgitōto demand, require; to entreat or solicit; to accusepetōto ask, beg, request, look for, inquire, petition, entreat; to make for (somewhere); to seek, aim at, desireōrōto orate, deliver a speech publicly; to plead, beg, pray, entreatsuushis, her, hers, its (own); their, theirs
The English word sue itself goes back to Latin sequor, through *sequere.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sue
To request, pray for, rogare, orare aliquem aliquid: flagitare: efflagitare aliquid ab aliquo (with eagerness and impetuosity). To sue the gods, precari a diis; precatione uti; precationem ad deos facere: to sue humbly anything from anybody, supplicare alicui pro re; petere, postulare suppliciter aliquid ab aliquo; orare aliquem supplicibus verbis; orare or rogare aliquem suppliciter: to sue importunately and almost with tears, omnibus precibus, paene lacrimis etiam obsecrare aliquem: to sue in the most earnest manner, aliquem ita rogare, ut majore studio rogare non possim: to sue for votes, ambire; prensare (absolutely; i. e., to go about soliciting votes, to shake hands, etc.: ☞ ambire honores, etc., is not Latin).
At law, lege agere cum aliquo (☞ not in aliquem) alicujus rei or de re; legibus experiri de re; aliquem in jus vocare. Vid: “to bring an ACTION. “
Sue
Sue, -es (f.)
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sue?
- The usual Latin words for “sue” are rogō, flāgitō, petō; also ōrō, suus. 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.