English → Latin
“huddle” in Latin
cōnfundōto pour, mingle, stir up; to diffuse, suffuse, spread over; to unite, mix together, join, combine, minglepermisceōto mix or mingle together thoroughly, commingle, intermingle, combine; to mix together, unite, join, combine; to throw icōnferciōto fill completely, stuff full ofomnisevery; whole, the entirety, all; allturbaturmoil, disorder, stir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, hubbub, commotion, trouble, confusion, disarray, brawl; mob, crowdargūmentumargument (as in an argument for a position); evidence, a proof; a point, a theme; a topic, thesislēxthe legal machinery of a state, the law; a law, statute, bill; the laws regarded as a body, the constitutionverbumword; proverb, saying; verb
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
huddle v.
TRANS., confundere: permiscere (to mix in confusion): confercire (to crowd together things or persons; into anything, in aliquid; e.g., in arta tecta, Liv.). Several huddled together, plures simul conferti (Liv.). Huddled, as it were, together, omnes... quasi permisti et confusi, or conjuncti inter se et implicati (Caes., ; if entangled): things huddled together, rerum aliarum super alias acervatarum cumulus. To huddle on one’s clothes, *raptim sibi vestem or se veste induere; *raptim se amicire: *raptim sibi et praepropere vestes injicere (the last of clothes, togas, etc.). To huddle up a matter (IMPROP.), rem, ut potero, expedire: to huddle up a peace, etc., *pacem raptim (repente, subito) conficere, componere, etc.
INTRANS., To huddle away, (plures) simul confertos effundi (Liv.); or abripere se, with or without subito, repente, etc. To huddle off with whatever they could snatch up at the moment, raptim quibus quisque poterat elatis exire (Liv., 1, 39).
huddle s.
turba (of men or things; e.g., argumentorum, Quint.): confertissima turba: indigesta moles (of things, Ov.): indigesta turba (Plin.; but indigesta post- Augustinan): *quasi permistus et confusus rerum cumulus or *rerum aliarum super alias acervatarum cumulus (e.g., legum, Liv., 3, 34): incondita caterva (e.g., verborum, Gell.; but caterva very rare of things).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for huddle?
- The usual Latin words for “huddle” are cōnfundō, permisceō, cōnferciō; also omnis, turba, argūmentum. 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.