What is the Latin word for win?

The usual Latin words for “win” are lucror, acquīrō, cōnsequor; also assequor, vincō, tollō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“win” in Latin

lucrorto gain, acquire, profit; to gain by economy, save acquīrōto acquire or obtain; to acquire or amass riches or money; to accrue cōnsequorto move, travel, come, pass or go after, or follow behind another (in time and/or space); to chase, to pursue, to go aft assequorto follow someone in order to come up to him; pursue, go after; to overtake, come up with, reach, catch up; to gain, obt vincōto win; to conquer, to defeat, to vanquish; to overpower tollōto raise, lift up, elevate; to remove, take away, steal, rob; to destroy, eliminate, annul conciliōTo unite; to bring together; to reconcile; to conciliate; To recommend.; To procure; to gain.parōto arrange, order, contrive, design; to provide, furnish, prepare; to resolve, purpose, decide comparōto prepare, get ready, provide, furnish; to compare, match, place together, couple, form into pairs

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

win

lucrari: lucrificare aliquid: aliquid proficere, acquirere: consequi: assequi: vincere: tollere [SYN. in To GAIN]: conciliare (aliquem; alicujus animum; to one’s self, sibi, also amorem sibi ab omnibus; alicujus voluntatem sibi; alicujus benevolentiam sibi): parare: comparare (general term for procure). To win the favor of men by anything, aliqua re hominum (plebis, etc.) animos ad benevolentiam allicere: to win men’s hearts in favor of anybody, animos (hominum, plebis, etc.) conciliare ad benevolentiam erga aliquem; the favor of the people, conciliare alicui favorem ad vulgus: to win a person by money, aliquem pecunia conciliare: there is no surer way of winning men’s hearts, eo nihil popularius est. To win by anything, etc. [Vid: To GAIN]. To have never won more (at play), numquam se prosperiore alea usum esse: to have won 50,000 sesterces (at dice), vicisse L. millia nummum: he who threw the “Venus” won all these denarii, hos tollebat universos, qui Venerem jaciebat: to win the pool, nummos universos tollere. To win a battle, etc., superiorem discedere; in proelio or pugna vincere; victoriam ex hoste referre: the enemy won the battle, hostis vicit or victor evasit: to win anybody’s consent to do anything, alicui id persuadere, ut, etc.: to win from anybody (at play), eludere aliquem aliquid. To win a bet, sponsionem or sponsione vincere: to win a cause, a prize [Vid: To GAIN (a cause, a prize)]: to win a third triumph, tertium triumphum deportare (Cic.).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for win?: The usual Latin words for “win” are lucror, acquīrō, cōnsequor; also assequor, vincō, tollō. 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.