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“disembark” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

disembark
TR., exponere (the proper word, either persons or things, merces - milites, copias, exercitum); with or without e nave or navibus (Caes.); in terram (Caes.); in litore (Suet., Justinus); of troops also copias e classe educere (Nep.): to prevent anybody from disembarking, aliquem navibus egredi prohibere (Caes.): an opportunity of disembarking, occasio egressus (Hirt., Bell. Afr., 3). ☞ In is found both with accusative and ablative; in terram (Caes.); in terra (Velleius, 2, 79, 4); so in Africa (Liv., 28, 44, 10); also without preposition, quibus regionibus exercitum exposuisset (Caes., B.C., 3, 29).
INTRANS., escendere; exire, with or without in terram, in litus (†): exponi (Hor.). (e) navi egredi or egredi only; exscensionem facere (Liv.; of the admiral): to disembark at Erythrae, at Delphi, etc., ad Erythras exscensionem facere (Liv.); Delphos escendere (Liv., 29, 11); on the continent, in continentem exscensionem facere (Liv.).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for disembark?
The usual Latin words for “disembark” are expōnō, escendō, exeō; also ēgredior, cōpia, exercitus. 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.