English → Latin
“reap” in Latin
metōto reap, harvest; to cut, crop or snip off; to cut through, severdēmetōto reap, cut or mow; to cut down; to pick (fruit)dēsecōto sever, cut off; to cut, reap or mow (a crop)colligōto gather, draw, bring or collect (together), assemble, pick up; contract, draw up, compress, concentrate; harvest; to mpercipiōto seize or take on (entirely); assume; earn; occupy, keep (i.e. maintain control); to perceive, observe, notice; to feecōnsequorto move, travel, come, pass or go after, or follow behind another (in time and/or space); to chase, to pursue, to go aft
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
reap
metere (to mow): demetere (to mow down): desecare (to cut): colligere (to gather; PROP. and figuratively): percipere (PROP., to gather).
ImPROP., fructum capere or percipere ex re: consequi (figuratively, to acquire, attain): to be reaping the fruits of anything, fructum alicujus rei ferre: to reap the fruits of one’s labors, fructum ex laboribus percipere: to reap praise, laudem et admirationem consequi; laudem ferre. As you have sowed, so you must reap, ut sementem feceris, ita et metes (Cic.): tute hoc intristi; tibi omne est exedendum (Terentianus, Phorm., 2, 2, 4).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for reap?
- The usual Latin words for “reap” are metō, dēmetō, dēsecō; also colligō, percipiō, cōnsequor. 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.