English → Latin
“treat” in Latin
disputōto estimate or compute; to discuss, debate or argue; to preachpostulōto demand, ask, request, desire; to pretend, claim; to prosecute, accuse, impeach, suebonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant; right; useful
The English word treat itself goes back to Latin trahō, through tracto.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
treat v.
Transitively, To use in a certain manner, aliquem tractare, habere; well, ill, etc., bene, male, etc. To treat one kindly, liberaliter habere or tractare aliquem: to treat with respect, honorifice tractare aliquem: to treat with the greatest respect, summo honore afficere aliquem: to treat one with indulgence, indulgentia tractare aliquem; indulgere alicui (Vid: Herzog, Caes., B.G., 1, 40): to treat one in a hostile manner, in hostium numero habere; pro hoste habere or ducere: to treat one in the same manner as another, aliquem eodem loco habere quo alium: to treat with contempt, contumeliose agere (de).
To manage, tractare aliquem or aliquid (the proper word): curare aliquem or aliquid (to attend to, wait upon): disputare, disserere de re (to handle; of a litterary subject). To treat a disease, curare morbum; adhibere morbo curationem: to treat a patient, aliquem tractare, curare: to suffer one’s self to be treated (of a patient), se curari pati: to suffer a patient to be treated by another physician, aegrotum alii medico tradere.
To handle, discuss (a subject), agere rem, or dealiqua re (in general; Vid: Ochs: Cic., Ecl., p. 230): disputare, disserere de aliqua re (of the disputations of learned men; and disserere especially of a connected discourse; Vid: Cic., Ecl., p. 12 and 354): sermonem habere de re (to maintain a conversation; of two or more): dicere de aliqua re (to speak of): scribere de aliqua re: scriptura persequi aliquid (to write of). A book which treats of, etc. liber qui est or qui est conscriptus de etc. (☞ but not simply liber de, etc.): the books which usually treat concerning contempt of death, libri quos scribunt de contemnenda morte: to treat briefly of anything, paucis absolvere aliquid.
To entertain, Vid:
Intransitively. To negotiate, agere de re: postulare conditions alicujus rei. To treat with anyone, agere cum aliquo de aliqua re (in general); colloqui cum aliquo de aliqua re (by word of mouth); colloqui per internuncios cum aliquo, et de aliqua re mentionem facere (by the intervention of a third party): to treat for a thing, cum aliquo agere (etc.), ut.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for treat?
- The usual Latin words for “treat” are disputō, postulō, bonus. 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.