English → Latin
“creep” in Latin
rēpōto creep, crawlrēptōto crawl or creep (over or through)serpōto creep, crawl, move slowly (of an animal); to move slowly or imperceptibly, to creep in or along, proceed gradually, tobrēpōto creep up (on) (approach stealthily), sneak up on; to surprise, deceive, cheatperrēpōto crawl over, crawl alongmorsdeath; corpse, dead body; annihilationsenectūsold age, senility
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
creep
repere: reptare (in all the proper meanings of our “to creep;” of animals; of men moving on their hands and feet; of plants which trail along the ground): serpere (of animals that move on their belly; e.g., serpents, but repere must be used of worms, snails, etc.; serpere is also used figuratively of an evil that spreads itself): obrepere (with the accessory notion of gradual, imperceptible approach; of death, sleep, etc.; mors, somnus, senectus): perrepere (to creep along or through): to creep through a grating, clathris subrepere (Col., of hares).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for creep?
- The usual Latin words for “creep” are rēpō, rēptō, serpō; also obrēpō, perrēpō, mors. 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.