English → Latin
“intercept” in Latin
intercipiōto intercept; to interrupt, cut off; to rob, stealexcipiōto take out, extract, pull out; to except, exempt from, exclude; to rescue, releasedēprehendōto take away, seize, snatch, catch; to overtake; to surprise, apprehend, detect, find out, discoverreprimōto repress; to check, prevent or restrainlitteraletter (of the alphabet); handwriting; letter, epistlecommeātussupplies, provisions; goods; convoy, caravanapera wild boar; a standard of the Roman legionsferōto bear; to carry; to support, hold up; to suffer, tolerate, endure, beartabellāriustablets, letters
The English word intercept itself goes back to Latin intercipiō, through interceptum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
intercept
intercipere (e.g., letters, convoys, men, litteras, commeatus, aliquem): aliquem a suis intercipere et secludere (Liv.): excipere (to get before, and so meet and cut off, multos ex fugā; also, as technical term in hunting, aprum, feras; the current of a river, vim fluminis): deprehendere (to catch on his road, in its progress; e.g., tabellarios, litteras, naves): reprimere (check, fugam hostium, redundantem lacum). To intercept the light, officere luminibus (by building before anybody’s windows): to intercept the sun, officere alicui apricanti (i. e., from a person wishing to bask in it).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for intercept?
- The usual Latin words for “intercept” are intercipiō, excipiō, dēprehendō; also reprimō, littera, commeātus. 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.