English → Latin
“ambush” in Latin
īnsidiaeambush; artifice, plot, snarecollocōto place, put, set in order, assign, arrange; to put together, assemble; to settlepōnōto place; to put; to lay; to ordain; to appoint; to make (something); to set up; to pitch (camp)
The English word ambush itself goes back to Latin boscus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
ambush
insidiae (both the place and the men): locus insidiarum (the place): latebae (lurking-place; e.g., of a murderer): to lay an ambush, insidias locare, collocare, ponere: insidias disponere (in different place; e.g., silvestribus locis): to place or post men in ambush, in insidiis locare, collocare: in insidiis disponere (if in different places): to lie in ambush, in insidiis esse or subsistere: to rise, etc., from one’s ambush, ex insidiis consurgere; ex insidiis or latebris exsilire: to draw into an ambush, aliquem in insidias trahere or perducere; aliquem in insidias inducere: to fall into an ambusk, in insidias incidere, insidias intrare; insidiis circumveniri.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for ambush?
- The usual Latin words for “ambush” are īnsidiae, collocō, pōnō. 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.