English → Latin
“driver” in Latin
aurīgacharioteer; stable groomtudiculōto stir, stir aboutagitōto act, behave, do, or make persistently or unremittingly; to put something in motion, drive, impel; drive by rowing, roHēnĭŏchusthe constellation of the Wagonerasināriusass, donkeymūliōA muleteer, mule driver; A kind of gnatbubulcusherdsman, ox-driver, cowherd; ploughman; rusticsubulcusswineherd, a farmer or farmhand who raises and cares for pigs
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
driver
One who drives a carriage, rhedarius (driver of a “rheda,” *Cic., Mil., 10, 29): carrucarius mulio (the driver of a “carruca” drawn by mules; *Capitol., Maxim. Jun., 4; SYN. of rheda and carruca in COACH): auriga (the driver of a hero’s chariot, or of a chariot at the games): cf., agitator is the “auriga,” as combatant: qui jumenta agit (wagoner, either sitting on ihewagon or walking alongside): heniochus (ἡνίοχος, a Greek word used in the Silver Age by Romans).
One who drives beasts, pecoris actor (Ov., Hor., 1, 95): of a donkey, asinarius; agitator aselli (Verg., Georg., 1, 273), of a mule, mulio; of an ox, bubulcus; of swine, subulcus; suarius.
An instrument; perhaps tudicula (a little instrument for beating or crushing, Col.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for driver?
- The usual Latin words for “driver” are aurīga, tudiculō, agitō; also Hēnĭŏchus, asinārius, mūliō. 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.