English → Latin
“pass” in Latin
trānseōto traverse; cross, cross over; go across or over; pass, pass through, over or by; to defect, go over (to an adverse sidpetītiōan attack, thrust, blow; a request, petition, beseeching; an applying for officeangustĭaesingfaucēsthe upper part of a throat; pharynx; gullet; a narrow entrance; entry passage; defile; gorge; the jaws of the earth; gulsaltusA forest or mountain pasture; a pass, dale, ravine, glade.; A defile, a narrow pass; A saltus, a large unit of area equapraetereōto pass by or go by; to surpass or excel; to disregard, neglect, omit or misstrānsvehōto carry, bear, convey across or over; to transport; to pass bystrictimsuperficially; briefly, cursorily, summarilyhabeōto have, hold; to own, have (possessions); to possess, have (qualities)putōto clean, cleanse; to trim, prune, lop; to arrange, settle
The English word pass itself goes back to Latin passus, through *passo.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
pass s.
Passage, transitus [Vid: PASSAGE]: a narrow passage, angustiae (narrow places in mountainous regions): fauces (a narrow entrance or egress, leading to a wider space): saltus (a narrow, woody valley).
Passport, Vid:
(In fencing)(In fencing), a thrust, petitio.
pass v.
INTRANS., (1) To go through a place, aliqua or per locum iter facere; praeterire. In passing = by the way, in transitu; transiens; praeteriens (☞ of these expressions the first and second are post-Augustan, in this sense; but we find quasi praeteriens in Cic.): strictim (superficially, slightly; for which we find obiter in the time of Sen.). (2) To be esteemed or accounted in a certain way, haberi (in opinion): esse: putari (from probable grounds): existimari (as a result of consideration): he passes for a good man, probus vir habetur: he passes for one well versed in civil laws, prudens esse in jure civili putatur. (3) To go from the body, descendere (Cels., Plin.).
TRANS., (1) To cross (Vid :), trajicere; transire; transvehi. (2) To pass by, praeterire (also of passing by or over in silence [silentio] praeterire; and of passing by or over persons in the distribution of honors, etc.: Philippus et Marcellus praetereuntur, Caes.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for pass?
- The usual Latin words for “pass” are trānseō, petītiō, angustĭae; also faucēs, saltus, praetereō. 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.