English → Latin
“load” in Latin
onusburden, load; cargo, freight; tax, tax burdendorsumthe back (part of the body between the neck and buttocks); the ridge, summit of a hill, a reef in the sea; any elevationvehōto carry, bear, convey, transport; to ride; to be bornefimumdung, manure, excrementsoleōto be accustomed, used to, in the habit ofonerōto burden, lade, load, heap up anything in anything; to overwhelm, weary, oppress; to make more burdensome, aggravateiniungōto join or fasten, unite; to charge, impose (a burden); to enjoin or charge
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
load s.
onus (PROP. and figuratively): to take a load, subire onus (dorso, upon one’s back): onus suscipere: a waggon or cart load, vehes or vehis: a load of manure, vehes stercoris (Col.) or fimi (Plin.): a load of hay, vehes foeni (Plin.): a load of powder (for a charge), *pulveris pyrii quantum sclopeto immitti (or in sclopetum infundi) solet.
load v.
To burden, onerare: gravare aliquem aliqua re (Tac.): alicui onus imponere (Cic.), injungere (Liv.): to load a beast of burden, onera in jumenta extollere (Varr.); jumentis onera imponere (Cic.): to load a ship [Vid: FREIGHT]: to load a man with baggage, sarcinis gravare aliquem (Tac.): a waggon, plaustrum onerare (Ov.); onera in plaustrum imponere (Cic.): Figuratively. To load anybody with chains, catenis aliquem onerare (Hor.); with abuse, onerare aliquem maledictis (Plaut.); with curses, diras ingerere in aliquem.
To charge a gun, *pulverem pyrium sclopeto infundere; with ball, *glandem plumbeam sclopeto immittere: to load a cannon, *tormeuto telum immittere [Kraft gives, *in sclopetum pulverem nitratum cum glande immittere; *pulvere pyrio farcire sclopetum].
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for load?
- The usual Latin words for “load” are onus, dorsum, vehō; also fimum, soleō, onerō. 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.