English → Latin
“prowl” in Latin
praeterpast, by (of motion); besides, except; beyondperagrōto wander or travel through or over; pass through, traverse; spread through; to search through, penetrate, scourpervagorto wander through; to rove about; to pervade; to extendoberrōto wander, ramble about; to flit, hover; to err, mistake, make a mistake
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
prowl
To rove about, vagari aliquo loco, praeter or circa aliquem locum (general term): ire per aliquem locum (e.g., per urbem): discurrere aliquo loco (to run about all over a place; e.g., tota urbe): peragrare (to wander about; e.g., venando peragrare circa saltus, to go hunting about in the woods).
To rove about for plunder, vagari latrociniaque facere (Hirt., B.G., 8, 32, 1): populabundum in aliquo loco vagari (Liv., 3, 5, 13; both of persons): pervagari (aliquem locum; e.g., praedonum naviculae, Cic., and therefore a good word for praedones themselves): oberrare (poetical and post-Augustan prose; to wander about, mustela in domibus nostris, Plin.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for prowl?
- The usual Latin words for “prowl” are praeter, peragrō, pervagor; also oberrō. 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.