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“rattle” in Latin
crepitusa rattling, creaking, rustling, clattering; flatulencestrepituswild din, noise, racket, crash; a measured soundsonōto sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context); to sound, utter, speak, express, call; to cry fragora breaking, shattering; a crash; an uproarcrĕpĭtācŭluma rattlevinculumAny instrument whereby anything is bound or tied up; bond, band, fetter, chain, cord, tie, link; a bond, obligation, bincatēnachainrotawheel; a car, a chariot; the disc of the suncrepundiarattle (for children); toy, playthingcrepōto rattle, rustle, clatter; to crack, creak; to prattle, talk noisily
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
rattle s.
crepitus (rattle of a single sound repeated; tapping, stamping, etc.): strepitus (loud, noisy sound; of bawling, shrieking, etc.; but also of chains, vinculorum): sonitus (ringing, clinking sound; catenarum: also of wheels, rotarum): fragor (crash; e.g., of thunder).
An instrument to make a rattling noise, crepitaculum (general term; hence, also, of watchmen’s rattles). A child’s rattle, crepundia, -orum, plur., (Cic.); puerile crepitaculum (Quint., 9, 4, 64); or, from context, crepitaculum only.
rattle v.
crepare: crepitum dare (to make a clattering noise): strepere; strepitum dare (to make a loud, sharp rattling noise): sonare (to resound, general term). To rattle with their arms, armis concrepare: his throat rattles, faucibus ejus illiditur spiritus (e.g., in febre): interclusus spiritus arte meat (he breathes hard).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for rattle?
- The usual Latin words for “rattle” are crepitus, strepitus, sonō; also fragor, crĕpĭtācŭlum, vinculum. 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.