English → Latin
“vindicate” in Latin
teneōto hold, have; to grasp; to possess, occupy, control; to watch, guard, maintain, defend; to retain, keepobtineōto have, occupy, possess, hold, obtain; to preserve, keep, maintain, uphold; persist in; to assert, show, prove, demonstretineōto keep or hold back, detain, restrain, retain, confine, contain; delay; to hold in check, repress, check, stop, stay; tasserōto join someone or something to oneself; to declare someone to be free by laying hands upon him; set free, liberate; to
The English word vindicate itself goes back to Latin dīcō, through vindicātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
vindicate
rem sibi or ad se vindicare (by law or not): tenere: obtinere (to make good one’s right to a disputed possession): retinere (to withhold anything, not to give it up). In the poets and later prose writers, asserere aliquid alicui (sibi), or asserere only (se caelo asserere, Ov. So “assert the native skies,” Dryd.; i. e., claim to be heaven-born: nec laudes assere nostras, Ov., nec sapientis nomen sibi asseruit, Quint.). To vindicate a right successfully, jus tenere, obtinere, retinere: to vindicate a right (= to endeavor to make it good), jus persequi: to vindicate one’s liberty (i. e., to escape from an actual servitude), se in libertatem asserere; se asserere (Ov.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for vindicate?
- The usual Latin words for “vindicate” are teneō, obtineō, retineō; also asserō. 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.