What is the Latin word for utter?

The usual Latin words for “utter” are dīcō, prōferō, ēloquor; also prōloquor, ēmittō, maledīcō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“utter” in Latin

dīcōto say, talk, speak, utter, mention; to declare, state; to tell prōferōto bring out, bring forth; to make known, produce in public, publish, reveal; to appear, show oneself ēloquorto speak or utter plainly; to speak out; pronounce, declare, state, express; divulge prōloquorto speak out, utter, declare, say; to foretell, predict ēmittōto send forth, emit, discharge; to hurl, cast; to let forth, let go, send out maledīcōto slander, speak ill of; to curse vocōto call, summon, beckon (with one's voice); to name, designate; to bring or put (into a state or condition)

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

utter v.

dicere, proferre, etc. [Vid: SAY]: eloqui: enunciare (denote an act of the intellect, in conformity to which one utters a thought that was resting in the mind; but the eloquens regards therein both substance and form, wishing to express his thought in the most perfect manner; whereas the enuncians regards merely the substance, wishing only to communicate his thought; hence elocutio belongs to rhetoric, enunciatio to logic): proloqui (denotes a moral act, in conformity to which one resolves to give utterance to a secret thought; opposed to reticere, like profiteri): pronunciare (a physical act, by which one utters mechanically anything, whether thought of or written, and makes it heard, like recitare. Pronunciare, however, is a simple act of the organs of speech, and aims merely at being fully heard; recitare is an act of refined art, and aims by just modulation, according to the laws of declamation, to make a pleasing impression, Döderlein): emittere (to send forth; dictum, maledictum; vocem). Not to utter a word, nullum omnino verbum facere: not to be able to utter a word, loqui non posse: be sure not to utter a word about the marriage, verbum unum cave de nuptiis: pray don’t utter a word, verbum unum ne faxis cave: I will not utter a word more, verbum non amplius addam; nihil verbi addam.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for utter?: The usual Latin words for “utter” are dīcō, prōferō, ēloquor; also prōloquor, ēmittō, maledīcō. 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.