English → Latin
“countermarch” in Latin
redūcōto lead, draw, bring or conduct back; bring or accompany home; to withdraw, cause to retreat, draw back, remove; to brinlegiōA legion.oppōnōto set against; to oppose, objectcontrāriusopposite, opposed, contrary, conflicting, witherwardreditusa returning, turning back, going back; return; a revolution, circuit, return; a harvest, yieldCaeliusLucius Coelius Antipater, a Roman jurist and historian; Marcus Caelius Rufus, a Roman politician and orator
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
countermarch v.
signa con vertere: signis conversis retro redire (Liv., 8, 11; in urbem, 8): versis signis aliquem locum repetere (of countermarching to a particular place, Liv., 9, 35): reducere (march back; e.g. exercitum, legiones, etc.): castra retro movere (Liv., 2, 58): to be countermarched, retro repetere viam (to retrace their steps, Liv., 9, 2).
countermarch s.
*iter conversum, oppositum, contrarium: conversa signa or (Liv.) versa signa; or by iter retro (e.g., caelius, in Cic., ad Div., 8, 15; quodnam ob scelus iter mihi necessarium retro ad Alpes versus incidit? ☞ fuga retro, Liv., 8, 19; fugam magis retro quam proelium spectante milite): reditus (general term for return). Or by circumlocution with verbs under To COUNTERMARCH. By a countermarch, conversis signis.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for countermarch?
- The usual Latin words for “countermarch” are redūcō, legiō, oppōnō; also contrārius, reditus, Caelius. 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.