English → Latin
“rout” in Latin
edōto eatīnferōto carry, bring, put, place, or throw in, into, to, or upon somewhere or something; insert; to bring forward, introduce,redigōto drive, lead, or bring back; to call in, collect, raise, receive; to reduce to a certain state
The English word rout itself goes back to Latin rumpō, through rupta.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
rout s.
A clamorous multitude [Vid: CROWD].
Discomfiture [Vid: DEFEAT]. To put to the rout, fundere fugareque: to put to the rout with (great) slaughter, stragem dare, or edere, or facere: alicui cladem afferre or inferre: aliquem prosternere: alicui detrimentum inferre: aliquem ingenti caede prosternere: aliquem ad internecionem caedere or redigere, or delere hostem, or hostium copias occidione occidere or caedere: hostium internecionem facere, etc.: to be put to the rout, cladem pugnae, or simply cladem, or calamitatem, or incommodum, or detrimentum accipere: ad internecionem caedi or deleri; ad internecionem venire. Should the army be put to the rout, si adversa pugna evenerit. ☞ It may be remarked here that the Romans, in speaking of their own defeats, or when introducing a person as speaking of his, were in the habit of using the euphemistic terms of adversum proelium or adversa pugna (unlucky fight, Liv., 7, 29, extr.; 8, 31, 5); or incommodum, detrimentum (mishap, loss, Cic., Lael., 3, 10; Caes., B.G., 1, 3; 5, 52; 6, 34, etc.); and obitus (complete defeat, Caes., B.G., 1, 29).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for rout?
- The usual Latin words for “rout” are edō, īnferō, redigō. 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.