English → Latin
“jog” in Latin
digitusa finger, toe; a digit, number; an inch (in ancient times, a 16th part of a Roman foot)rēpōto creep, crawlpellōto push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out; to strike, set in motion; to rout, put to flight,
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
jog v.
TRANS., latus alicujus fodicare (Hor., Ep., 1, 6, 51): fodere aliquem (Ter., Hec., 3, 5, 17, die jussisse te [aside]. Noli fodere: jussi): *digito or cubito fodere aliquem or alicujus latus: vellere alicujus latus digitis († to jog repeatedly, for the purpose of reminding anybody, Ov., A.A., 1, 606).
INTRANS., To jog on, lente gradi: lente ac paullatim procedere (Caes.): repere (to creep). Then after dinner we jogged on three miles more, millia tum pransi tria repsimus (Hor.).
jog s.
Push, shake, pulsus: *cubiti pulsus; or *pulsus lateris (i. e., on the side), or by circumlocution with verbs under To JOG.
A jog-trot, lentus gradus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for jog?
- The usual Latin words for “jog” are digitus, rēpō, pellō. 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.