English → Latin
“pirate” in Latin
The English word pirate itself goes back to Latin pīrāta.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
pirate s.
pirata, -ae, masculine; praedo maritimus: a captain of pirates, archipirata: pirate vessels, praedatoriae naves; praedatoria classis (Liv.).
pirate v.
piraticam facere; mare infestum, habere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for pirate?
- The usual Latin words for “pirate” are pīrāta, archipīrāta. 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.