English → Latin
“courser” in Latin
vēlōxswift, quick, fleet, rapid, speedycursora runner, racer; a courier, messenger, post; a slave, who ran before the chariot of a grandee, forerunner
The English word courser itself goes back to Latin cursus, through cursārius.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
courser
equus pernix or velox.
Runner, cursor (poetically, equus bellator).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for courser?
- The usual Latin words for “courser” are vēlōx, cursor. 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.