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“bank” in Latin
rīpabank (of a river); shore (of the sea)aggerearthwork, particularly defensive ramparts or bulwarks, dykes, dams, causeways, and piers; rubble or earth used or intenmōlēsmultitude, mass (of material); size; rock, boulder, cliff, ridge, outcrop, knolltumulusmound; hill; knoll; hillock; heap of earth; barrow; grave' tumulusclīvusslope, hill, risesyrtissandbank, sand bar, quicksandargentāriussilvern; monetary; financialpraecepshead first, headlong; steep, precipitous; hasty, rash, precipitate
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bank
of a river, ripa. A steep bank, ripa ardua, locus arduus: precipitous, ripa praerupta, praeceps; locus praeruptus, praeceps; praeceps, praecipitium.
Heap of earth, agger; moles; tumulus; clivus, locus editior.
Bank of oars, scamnum; transtrum.
Sandbank, syrtis (σύρτις); or, in pure Latin, pulvinus (Servius, ad Aen., 10, 303).
For money, mensa publica; argentaria, with or without mensa; aerarium mercatorum: to put money in the bank, pecuniam apud mensam publicam occupare; to pay from the bank, a mensa publica numerare: the person who does this, mensarius.
Of a gaming-house, area aleatoria: to break the bank at a single throw, totam aleatoris aream uno jactu exhaurire.
bank v.
molem or aggerem exstruere: to bank a river in, fluvium extra ripas diffluentem coercere.
To bank with; deposit in a bank, pecuniam apud argentarios deponere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bank?
- The usual Latin words for “bank” are rīpa, agger, mōlēs; also tumulus, clīvus, syrtis. 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.