English → Latin
“ride” in Latin
equitōto ride on horseback; to skirmish, manoeuvre; to bestridevectōto bear, carry, conveyinvehōto carry, bear, convey into, introduce, bring in, bring upon; to ride, drive, sally, fly to or into; to attack, assail, āvehōto carry (away); to go away, depart, ride on horsebackperequitōto ride through or aroundequitātiōa ridingvectātĭoa carrying
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
ride v.
Intransitively, equitare; equo vehi (general term: ☞ equo or super equo ire is poetical): equo invehi (to ride into): equo gestari or vectari (to take exercise on horseback). To teach anybody to ride, aliquem equo docere: to learn to ride, equo doceri: to ride away from a place, avehi or evehi equo: to ride over or thronyh, perequitare (to ride through, ride about; e.g., per omnes partes): equo collustrare (to inspect or survey on horseback; Tac., Ann., 3, 45, 3). To ride round, circumequitare or equo circumvehi locum: to ride round between the ranks, interequitare ordines: to ride a horse round, equum agitare (for exercise): to ride round in a circle, certum equitare in orbem.
To ride at anchor, consistere in ancoris or ad ancoras: stare in ancoris (Liv.): navem in ancoris tenere, or in statione habere (of a pilot or crew; of whom was also said, in ancoris commorari or exspectare; the last with dum).
Transitively, equo vehi, invehi, vectari [SYN. above]: equum exercere (for exercise): equum tentare (for the purpose of trying a horse): not to bear to be ridden (of a horse), sessorem recusare or non pati.
ride s.
equitatio: vectatio (for exercise). To take a ride, equo excurrere; equo vehi aliquo. Vid: the verb.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for ride?
- The usual Latin words for “ride” are equitō, vectō, invehō; also āvehō, perequitō, equitātiō. 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.