English → Latin
“rap” in Latin
ictusa beating time, a beat; a beat of the pulse; an attack, shottālitruma rap or flick with the finger.vāpulōto be flogged or beaten; used as a curse; to be attacked, lashedīnflīgōto knock or strike against; to inflict or imposeverberōto lash, beat, strike; to whip, scourge, flogōstiumdoor; entrance; estuaryiānuaany double-doored entrance (e.g. a domestic door or a gate to a temple or city); an entrance, entry, access
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
rap s.
ictus (general term for blow): rap with the knuckles, talitrum (Suet.). You will get a rap on the knuckles, verbera tibi parata erunt; vapulabis: you deserve a rap on the knuckles, dignus es qui vapules: a rap at the door, pulsatio ostii.
rap v.
plagam alicui inferre, infligere; aliquem pulsare, verberare: with the knuckles, *talitrum alicui infringere: with a stick, aliquem baculo percutere: to rap at the door, pultare fores, ostium (Terentianus), januam (Plaut.); pulsare fores, ostium (Plaut.); pellere fores (Ter.); pultare aedes (Plaut.): to rap (at the door) gently, placide pultare fores (Plaut.). ☞ Pultare is prae-classical, according to Quint., 1, 1, 4.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for rap?
- The usual Latin words for “rap” are ictus, tālitrum, vāpulō; also īnflīgō, verberō, ōstium. 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.