English → Latin
“pace” in Latin
patiorto suffer, endure, tolerate; to allow, acquiesce, permit, submit; to exist, livegrossusstout, fat, thick; coarse, roughincēdōto walk, stride, step, march (along); to walk or move … etc. with divine presence or attributes; to advance (move forwaringrediorto go into or onto, enter; to enter upon, engage in, apply oneself to something; to enter upon, begin, commencetardusslow, sluggish; tardy; late, lingeringgradusa step, pace; a grade; a stage, degreepactuman agreement, bargain, pact; a means, manner, method, considerationcelerōto hasten, quicken, accelerate; to make haste, hurrycorripiōto seize or snatch up, catch, lay violent hands on, take hold of, grasp quickly; to hurry up, hasten, set up quickly; tospatiorto go for a walk; walk around; stroll, promenade; walk along, accompany; to stride, proceed, process, advance, march, mo
The English word pace itself goes back to Latin pāx, through pāce.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
pace s.
Step, gait, passus, -ūs; gressus, -ūs; incessus, -ūs; ingressus, -ūs. A quick, slow pace, incessus citus, tardus [Vid: also, GAIT].
Degree of celerity, by gradus. equus cui mollis est alterno crurum explicatu glomeratio (Plin., 8, 42, 67; that goes with a regular and even pace): to mend one’s pace, gradum addere (Liv.), celerare (Hor.), corripere (Verg.): to go at a brisk pace, pleno gradu ingredi (Treb. in Cic., Ep.): a sluggish pace, passus iners or lentus (Ov.): a quick or rapid pace, passus citus or rapidus (Ov.).
A measure of five Roman feet, passus, -ūs.
pace v.
compositis gradibus ire (Verg.); lento gradu incedere or ingredi: spatiari (pace about for pleasure, etc.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for pace?
- The usual Latin words for “pace” are patior, grossus, incēdō; also ingredior, tardus, gradus. 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.