English → Latin
“escalade” in Latin
scālaladder; stairs (flight of steps)ascendōto climb up, to go up, to move upwards; to rise, spring upcapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm; to take on, adopt; to hold, to containaggrediorto advance or go to or towards, approach; to approach, address, apply to, solicit; to attack, assault, beset, aggress
The English word escalade itself goes back to Latin scālae.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
escalade
*scalae muris admotae, or scalae only, or circumlocution by scalas moenibus admovere or applicare scalis muros aggredi or ascendere; positis scalis muros ascendere (Caes.). To take a city by escalade, *oppidum scalis (admotis) capere: to endeavor to take a city by escalade, scalas erigi jubere (Tac.): scalis (or positis scalis) muros ascendere or aggredi.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for escalade?
- The usual Latin words for “escalade” are scāla, ascendō, capiō; also aggredior. 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.