What is the Latin word for rant?

The usual Latin words for “rant” are anhēlitus, iactātiō, gerō; also tumultuor, ōrātiō, Petrōnius. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“rant” in Latin

anhēlituspanting, puffing (difficulty in breathing); breath, exhalation, vapour; gasp iactātiōshaking, agitation gerōto carry, bear; to manage, conduct (e.g., one's affairs); to rule, govern tumultuorto make a disturbance; to cause an uproar ōrātiōspeech, discourse, language; the power of speech; manner or style of speaking Petrōniusof or pertaining to the gens Petronia

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

rant v.

(quasi) furere et bacchari (to be mad, as it were, like a Bacchanalian; Cic., Brut., 80, 276, of those quibus oratio altior, actioque esset ardentior): inanibus locis bacchari (to rant in empty commonplaces, Quint., 12, 10, 73; of the speech): *fanaticum quoddam carmen bacchari (after Juvenal, grande carmen bacchari): *fanatica quadam verborum magnificentia declamare (of fanatical ranting; cf., Quint., 3, 8, 61); emugire, multo discursu, anhelitu, jactatione, gestu, motu capitis furentem (Quint., 2, 12, 9): tumultuari, or omissa ratione, qua tulit impetus, passim tumultuari (especially with reference to a disjointed, wild style, etc., Quint., 2, 12, 11).

rant s.

oratio, quae inanibus locis bacchatur, or oratio furiosae vociferationi simillima (both after Quint.; Vid: RANTING), or furiosa vociferatio only; sententiarum vanissimus strepitus (Petronius): fanatical rant, *fanatica cantilena.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for rant?: The usual Latin words for “rant” are anhēlitus, iactātiō, gerō; also tumultuor, ōrātiō, Petrōnius. 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.