English → Latin
“exercise” in Latin
moveōto move, stir, set in motion; to disturb, shake, remove; to arouse, excite, promote, produceexercitātiōexercise, training, practice; disciplineambulātiōa walk, stroll; a place for walking; promenade, walk, porticogestātiōbearing, carrying, wearing; promenade, ride, drive (in the sense of a brief or leisurely trip)vectātĭoa carryingfūnctiōperformance, execution (of a task); functionambulōto traverse, travel; to walkexercitiumexercise, practiceexerceōto keep busy, keep at work, drive on; occupy, practise, employ, exercise (something in a form of action); to harass, worfactitōto do or make frequently; to practise (a trade)
The English word exercise itself goes back to Latin arceō, through exercitium.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
exercise
Bodily exercise, motus: exercitatio (of prescribed bodily exercises): ambulatio (by walking): gestatio (by being borne in a litter): vectatio (on a horse or in a carriage; vectatio et iter reficiunt animum): to take exercise, ambulare, spatiari (to walk) to take moderate exercise, modicis exercitationibus uti: to take strong exercise, acri ambulatione uti. Horse-exercise, vectatio equi (e.g., vectatio assidua equi post cibum, Suet., Cal., 3).
Military exercise, exercitium, armatura (the former, exercise in arms; the latter, the art of evolutions, etc.; Vid: Salmas., ael. Lampr., 1, 1012, Haack): to introduce the Roman exercise into our army, exercitum ad Romanae disciplinae formam redigere (Vid: Velleius, 2, 109, in.).
Practice (Vid :), exercitatio (e.g., of virtues, vices): functio (e.g., muneris).
An exercise (= boy’s task), pensum (general term for a “task;” used of a mental task by Cic., meum munus pensumque): *pensum Latine (or Graece) convertendum (a task to be translated into Latin or Greek).
exercise
exercere (general term): facere (to do, practise, carry on): factitare (to carry on trades and arts). [Vid: To PRACTICE].
To exercise troops, (1) TRANS., exercere (soldiers, etc.: to exercise the soldiers thoroughly, milites perpetuis exercitiis ad Romanae disciplinae formam redigere (to make them acquainted with Roman military duty); milites frequentibus exercitiis ad proelia praeparare (to make them ready for battle): to be well exercised, *armorum usum habere: *armorum usu praestare. (2) INTRANS., exerceri: whilst the cavalry were exercising, cum exercerentur equites.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for exercise?
- The usual Latin words for “exercise” are moveō, exercitātiō, ambulātiō; also gestātiō, vectātĭo, fūnctiō. 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.