English → Latin
“mob” in Latin
turbaturmoil, disorder, stir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, hubbub, commotion, trouble, confusion, disarray, brawl; mob, crowdglobusany round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob, groupcolluviēsfilth; dregs; an impure mixture or medley
The English word mob itself goes back to Latin moveō, through mobile.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mob s.
An assemblage of people, turba; homines promiscui: globus (a dense body often with contemptuous sense; e.g., ex illo globo nobilitatis, Sall., Jug., 85, 10). (The words are found in this connection and order.) turba et colluvio (Cic., Sen., 23, 85).
The common people, turba; colluvies; colluvio hominum; faex populi: multitudo de plebe: multitudo obscura et humilis (with reference to birth).
mob v.
*minaciter circumfundi alicui: globus circumstantium increpat aliquem, etc. (= anybody is mobbed, Cf: Liv., 8, 32, 13): perhaps, increpitare vocibus (of the abuse only, Caes., B.G., 2, 30). To mob anybody, circumfundi alicui (PROP., to crowd round him, Liv.): circumfundi alicui et (ad aures quoque ejus) ferocia verba volvere (☞ Liv., 22, 14, extr.). Vid: also, SCOLD.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mob?
- The usual Latin words for “mob” are turba, globus, colluviēs. 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.