English → Latin
“ramp” in Latin
circumsiliōto spring, leap or hop aroundCatullusa cognomen; a Latin poet of the late Roman Republic who wrote chiefly in the neoteric style of poetrycatusclever, intelligent, sagacious, clear-thinking; cunning, crafty, sly; shrill, sharp, clear-soundingmaculōto stain, make spotted; to defile, pollute; to dishonor
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
ramp v.
To jump about, circumsilire, also with the addition of modo huc, modo illuc (Catullus, 3, 9); insultare alicui loco or aliquo loco; aliqua re or in aliqua re persultare (to be ramping about; e.g., in a field, to mischievously tread down the fruit): to be ramping about before a place, ante locum persultare.
To climb, Vid:
To creep up (as a plant), se circumvolvere alicui rei; claviculis adminicula tamquam manibus apprehendere atque ita se erigere (of vines, Cic., N.D., 2, 47, 120; cf., Cato, Maj., 15, 52): peierrate aliquid (of plants round the trunk and branches of a tree, truncum et ramos; e.g., of ivy).
ramp s.
Leap, Vid:
A spotted plant, *arum maculatum (Linn.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for ramp?
- The usual Latin words for “ramp” are circumsiliō, Catullus, catus; also maculō. 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.