English → Latin
“rack” in Latin
equuleuscolt, foal; equuleus (torture device)catastaplatform for exhibiting slaves for sale; pile for burnings at the stake; scaffold, stagecrātiswickerwork; bundle of brush; fascineiaceawooden hayrackiniciōto throw, cast, hurl or place in, on, into, upon, over or at; to grasp, seize, take hold of, lay one's hands upon; to seimpōnōto place, lay, set, or put on, in, into, over, or upon; to impose upon, put upon, lay upon, inflict upon, fix, put, enjocapulārisbier; one foot in the grave; at death's dooroleumolive oil; the palaestra
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
rack
An instrument of torture, equuleus: catasta (the scaffold itself, later only): to put to the rack, in equuleum imponere, injicere, conjicere aliquem; equuleo torquere aliquem: to be brought or put to the rack, in equuleum ire, imponi, injici (☞ fidiculae are the ropes used in torture, but not the rack): to die on the rack, extortum mori: to abide by the truth even on the rack, vi tormentorum adductum in veritate manere: to undergo or go through the torments of the rack, vim tormentorum perferre; [Vid :, also, TORTURE (respecting the abstract sense): to put one’s brains to the rack, *cogitationem in aliquid maxime intendere. If = TORTURE, Vid:
A wooden grate in which hay is placed for cattle, cratis: jacea (a common name; which Freund does not mention: cratis, quae jacea vocatur a vulgo; Veg., 1, 56).
rack v.
To stretch, Vid:
To torture, [Vid: “to put to the RACK”].
To clarify, capulare (e.g., oleum, Plin.). Vid: also, CLARIFY.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for rack?
- The usual Latin words for “rack” are equuleus, catasta, crātis; also iacea, iniciō, impōnō. 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.