English → Latin
“crew” in Latin
multitūdōA great number; multitude, numerousness.; A great number of people, crowd, mob, throng, multitude.coitusa coming or meeting; a joining, combination; sexual intercourse, copulationnauticusnautical, navalnautasailor, seaman, marinerclassiāriuspertaining to the navyclassicuspertaining to the fleet (naval forces); synonym of patricius: pertaining to the highest class of citizen; classic, reprerēmexoarsman, rower
The English word crew itself goes back to Latin crēscō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
crew
Multitude, multitudo: coetus (society): a vile crew, perditi homines or (stronger) perditi homines latronesque: a seditious crew, conjurationis globus (an assembled body of conspirators).
Of a ship, nautici; nautae (general term): classiarii: classici (those belonging to a fleet): socii navales (mariners, sailors as a class: sometimes soldiers serving on shipboard, Liv.): remiges (the crew, i. e., rowers, of a galley): the whole crew, remigium classicique milites (both those who manage the vessel and those who fight).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for crew?
- The usual Latin words for “crew” are multitūdō, coitus, nauticus; also nauta, classiārius, classicus. 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.