English → Latin
“gallop” in Latin
currōto run; to hurry, hasten, speed; to move, travel, proceedferōto bear; to carry; to support, hold up; to suffer, tolerate, endure, bearadequitōto ride to or towards (a place), gallop up to; to ride around, near to or bycitōto cause to move, excite; to summon, invite, callvehōto carry, bear, convey, transport; to ride; to be borne
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
gallop v.
equo admisso, or laxatis habenis vehi, or currere (of the rider): *laxatis habenis currere or ferri (of the horse): citato equo advehi (to ride quickly from one place to another, absolutely, or to anybody, ad aliquem; to any place, ad or in locum); adequitare (general term, to ride from one place to another, absolutely, or to anybody, ad aliquem; or in a hostile manner, in aliquem; to a place, alicui loco or (ad) aliquem locum): to make one’s horse gallop, equum admittere: to gallop up to anybody, equo admisso ad aliquem accurrere (e.g., of an officer carrying information to his general); equum concitare contra aliquem; equum agere in aliquem (in a hostile manner): to gallop against the enemy, equum concitare permittereque in hostem; equo concitato se immittere in hostem; equo concitato ad hostem vehi; equo calcaria subdere et acri impetu in hostem invehi.
gallop s.
citatus gradus: plenus gradus (Vid: Commentators on Cic., Ep., ad Fam., 12, 16, 2). At a gallop, citato or pleno gradu; citatus: to advance at full gallop, pleno gradu ingredi: to retreat at full gallop, gradu citato recedere (opposed to sensim, etc.). At a or full gallop, equo admisso, laxatis habenis (e.g., vehi, accurrere ad aliquem): to charge the enemy at full gallop, laxatis habenis invehi in hostem; libero cursu invihi; calcaribus subditis ferri in hostem; effusis habenis invadere hostem; effusissmiis habenis invadere hostem.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for gallop?
- The usual Latin words for “gallop” are currō, ferō, adequitō; also citō, vehō. 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.