English → Latin
“rave” in Latin
tumultuorto make a disturbance; to cause an uproarstrepōto make a noise; to rattle, rustle, rumble, murmur, hum, roarbacchorto celebrate the festival or rites of Bacchus; to revel, rave or rant like the bacchanals; to go, run or roam about in adēbacchorto rave like the Bacchantes, to rage without control, to revel wildly; to rageīnsāniōto be insane; to rave; to act like a madmansaeviōto rage, vent anger; to be furious; to thrash about, move violentlyfūrorto steal, plunder; to take away by stealth, remove secretly, to withdraw
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
rave
tumultuari; tumultum facere (to make a noise or disturbance; of persons): strepere (to make a loud noise; of persons or things): bacchari (to rage enthusiastically; of persons): debacchari (to rave at anybody till one is tired, to rave one’s fill, Terentianus; of persons; in the poets, also, of things): saevire (to storm, be angry, of persons figuratively, also, of things) furere, insanire (to be mad; of persons).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for rave?
- The usual Latin words for “rave” are tumultuor, strepō, bacchor; also dēbacchor, īnsāniō, saeviō. 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.