English → Latin
“perambulate” in Latin
perambulōto go through; roam, tour, traverse, perambulate; to visit in succession (especially of a physician)peragrōto wander or travel through or over; pass through, traverse; spread through; to search through, penetrate, scourlūstrōto purify by means of a propitiatory sacrifice; to circle, move in a circle around. (because the priest offering such saperlūstrōto go over, wander, traverse; to visit, see, search, explore; to consider, examine, observe, survey, look atobeōto go towards, go to meet; to oppose, face; to arrive at, reach, come to; to undertake a task, take charge of, take partpercurrōto run, hasten or pass through, traverse, pass or run over or along; stroke; to wind or bend around; to mention briefly
The English word perambulate itself goes back to Latin ambulō, through perambulo.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
perambulate
perambulare (mostly poetical; but perambulare multas terras, Varr.); peragrare; lustrare; perlustrare (Liv., Velleius): obire; percurrere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for perambulate?
- The usual Latin words for “perambulate” are perambulō, peragrō, lūstrō; also perlūstrō, obeō, percurrō. 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.