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“ashore” in Latin

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

ashore
in litore (on the shore): in arido (on dry land): ad litus; in terram (to the shore). To go ashore, exire in terram; e navi exire, or exire only: egredi, ascendere, escensionem facere (in terram). To put soldiers, etc, ashore, milites in terram (or in terra) exponere. To run or be driven ashore (of a ship), in terram deferri (to be carried to the land; stronger, in litus ejici; vado, or in vadum. Or litoribus elidi.) To run a vessel ashore (intentionally), ad litus appellere. To be ashore (of soldiers, etc.), expositos or in terram (or in terra) expositos esse.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for ashore?
The usual Latin words for “ashore” are exeō, ēgredior, ascendō. 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.