English → Latin
“cram” in Latin
referciōto fill up, cram full; to pack close togetherefferciōto stuff or cram fullīnferciōto cram or stuff intostīpōto crowd or press together, compress; to cram, stuff, fill; to surround, encompasscōnferciōto fill completely, stuff full ofcoartōto press together, compress, contract, confine; to abridge, shorten (of time); to abridge, compress (of discourse)comprimōto compress (squeeze together); to restrain, contain, repress or curb, hinder, check; to withhold or conceal evidences o
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cram
TR., refercire: effercire: infercire: differcire, aliqua re farcire or refercire (to stuff quite full with anything): stipare (crowd together; especially of personal objects and in passive participle): confercire (cram together; of persons or things; especially in passive participle): coartare (force into a very narrow compass; also of persons): comprimere (press persons or things together): to cram into anything, stipare in aliqua re (e.g., asses in aliqua cella, which Varr. defines, componere, quo minus loci occuparent): confercire in aliquid; to cram many subjects together into one book, plura in unum librum coartare: to cram poultry, farcire (e.g., gallinas, anseres); also opimare (to fatten, especially of poultry); alere aliqua re (e.g., with bran, furfure) to cram into anything, farcire in aliquid (e.g., handkerchiefs into anybody’s mouth, pannos in os): crammed full of anything, refertus aliqua re: crammed full of people, refertus hominibus: stipatus (if one person stands close to the other): a theatre that is crammed full, theatrum celebritate refertissimum.
To force into, cogere introire.
cram v.
INTR., heluari (PROP., and figuratively): largius se invitare: se cibo invitare (Sall., Frag.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cram?
- The usual Latin words for “cram” are referciō, efferciō, īnferciō; also stīpō, cōnferciō, coartō. 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.