English → Latin
“rod” in Latin
virgatwig, young shoot; rod, switch for flogging.; staff, walking stickferulagiant fennel (Ferula communis); a staff, stick, rod; a splintvariōto diversify, variegate, change, transform, make different or various, alter, vary, interchange; to be diversified or vamultōto punish, to sentence, to fine; to confiscate the assetscastīgōto castigate, chastise, reprove; to punish; to rebuke, reprimanddisciplīnateaching, instruction, education; training; learning, knowledge, discipline, science, study
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
rod
virga (general term, a long thin twig, etc.): fasciculus virgarum, or mostly virgae, -arum, plur. (when composed of several twigs bound together): ferula (for punishing children). To beat with rods, virgis aliquem caedere (Cic.), variare (Plaut.), multare (Liv.): to give a boy the rod, puerum ferula caedere (Hor.), castigare: to be under the rod (figuratively), disciplinae, imperio alicujus subjectum esse: to use the rod (figuratively), severa disciplina coercere, continere aliquem; severius adhibere aliquem: a measuring rod, decempeda: a fishing rod, arundo.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for rod?
- The usual Latin words for “rod” are virga, ferula, variō; also multō, castīgō, disciplīna. 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.