English → Latin
“ram” in Latin
arietīnusrammāchinacontrivance; war machine, military engine, siege engine; scaffoldpercutiōto strike, beat; to make an impression on the mind, touch, please, delight, astonish, shock; to killariēsram, male sheep; battering ram; beam, propmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs); mounds made without ditchesadmoveōto move, bring, conduct, lead or carry someone or something to or toward; apply to; to move or bring someone or somethin
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
ram s.
A male sheep, aries. Of a ram, arietinus.
The vernal sign, *Aries.
A battering-ram, machina, qua muros quatiunt or percutiunt (general term); aries (with the ancients): to apply the battering-ram to the wall, arietem muro (muris) admovere: to shake the wall with the ram, ariete or arietis pulsu murum quatere: the ram made a breach in the wall, aries percussit murum.
ram v.
fistuca adigere (Caes.): fistucare: fistucatione solidare (Vitr.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for ram?
- The usual Latin words for “ram” are arietīnus, māchina, percutiō; also ariēs, mūrus, admoveō. 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.