English → Latin
“cope” in Latin
fastīgōto sharpen to a point; to slope up or down, to a point; to elevate or exalttestāceusmade of bricks or tiles; covered with a shelllōrīcōto armour (someone) with a lōrīca; to cover (something) with a coating, to plastercōnflīgōto strike together, to make collide; to contend, combat, engage; to argue or disagreeobsistōto place oneself before; to oppose or resist; to make a stand
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cope
*stola sacerdotalis: vestis lintea religiosaque (Suet., Oth., 12).
cope
TRANS., fastigare (to terminate by a pointed top). To cope a wall, perhaps *coronam muro imponere, or *summum murum opere tectorio (testaceo, etc.) loricare (after parietes - opere tectorio marmorato loricare, to coat them with, Varr., R.R. 1, 57, 1).
cope
Cope with, confligere (general term, when the stress is on the vehemence, spirit, etc., of the combatants, not on the kind of weapons; of two persons or whole armies): obsistere, resistere alicui (stand against): certare cum aliquo or cum aliqua re (to contend against, with a probability of success; vie with). To be able to cope with anybody, parem alicui esse posse (Cic., pro Font., 26). Not to be able to cope with anybody, alicujus potentiam sustinere non posse (Cic., Phil., 7, 6, 17): parem alicui esse non posse (e.g., distracti adversariis pares esse non possumus, Cic.): with anybody or anything, non posse alicui or alicui rei resistere: cum aliquo or cum aliqua re certare non posse (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cope?
- The usual Latin words for “cope” are fastīgō, testāceus, lōrīcō; also cōnflīgō, obsistō. 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.