English → Latin
“haunt” in Latin
frequentōto frequent (to visit frequently); to fill, stock, or crowdcircumvolitōto fly around; to roam about, hover aroundcolōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden; to inhabit; to frequent, be the guardian of, cherish,amōto love; to be fond of, like, admire; to be pleased by or with (someone or something) for (a particular reason); to derilocusplace (referring to a specific location); a passage of literature; opportunity; cause; occasion; groundsdomushouse, home (the building where a person lives); any dwelling-place or abode (of people or animals); the place of one's flūmena river; flowing water; a stream, flood; flow, fluency, fluiditynemusa grove or glade; a pasture; wood (material)latibulumhiding place, refuge; den (of animals)lustrumbog, morass, place where boars and swine wallow; den or lair of wild beasts; wood, forest; (a place of) debauchery
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
haunt v.
Visit frequently; linger about, etc., frequentare or (Suet.) assidue frequentare (e.g., locum, domum, etc.; to visit it frequently): in aliquo loco versari, or (Plaut.) crebro versari (to be frequently there): circumvolitare (to flutter about; IMPROP., of persons; e.g., limina potentiorum, Col.): colere (mostly poetical, flumen, nemus, etc.): amare (poetical, nemus).
Of evil spirits, etc. A place is haunted, aliquo loco obvia hominibus fit species niortui (after Apul., Apol., 315, 23); aliquo loco homines umbris inquietantur (after Suet., Cal., 59).
haunt s.
latibulum (the hiding-place, lair, etc., of a beast): lustrum (the place where a wild beast lives; lair, den, etc.; also of the dark haunts or dens of wicked, unclean men): cubile (general term for sleeping-place; hence, also, of “lair” of wild beasts in a forest, etc.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for haunt?
- The usual Latin words for “haunt” are frequentō, circumvolitō, colō; also amō, locus, domus. 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.