English → Latin
“pant” in Latin
palpitōto move frequently and quickly, tremble, throb, pulsate, palpitatesaliōto leap, jump, bound; to spring forth, flow down; to mount for sextrepidōto hurry with alarm, bustle about anxiously, to be in a state of confusion, agitation, or trepidation; to tremble; to besitiōto thirst, to be thirsty; to thirst for, long for, desire eagerlygraviterheavily, weightily, ponderously; strongly, violently; severely, harshlyPersiusa Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held bygazatreasury; treasure, riches; wealthpraedaplunder, booty, pillage, spoils of war, property taken in war; prey, game taken in the hunt; gain, profit
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
pant
palpitare (Cic.); salire (Persius); trepidare (Ov.). Figuratively, to pant after, sitire; gravius, ardentius sitire, or concupiscere aliquid (Cic.); inhiare aliquid (Plaut.), alicui rei (e.g., gazis, Sen.; praedae, Vall., Flacc.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for pant?
- The usual Latin words for “pant” are palpitō, saliō, trepidō; also sitiō, graviter, Persius. 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.