English → Latin
“rigging” in Latin
armāmentaimplementsnāvālisnavalrū̆dēnsrope, line, cord, cable; halyard, stay, sheet; rigging, cordagecompōnōto arrange, compile, compose, make up, organize, order; to construct, build; to pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, qu
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
rigging
armamenta (plur.; Caes., Liv.); instrumenta navalia (Liv., 45, 23); also simply navalia (Plin., 16, 11, 21); in a narrower sense (of the ropes), rudentes (Cic.). To arrange the ropes, armamenta instruere (Caes.) or componere (Plaut.); rudentes disponere (Quint.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for rigging?
- The usual Latin words for “rigging” are armāmenta, nāvālis, rū̆dēns; also compōnō. 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.