English → Latin
“run against” in Latin
incurrōto run into or towards; to attack, invade; to happen (to), befall, occur, to incurincursōto run to or against, dash or strike against; assault, attack, charge at; to fall upon, assault a woman carnallyfugiōto flee, fly, take flight, escape, depart, run, run away, recede; to speed, hasten, pass quickly; to avoid, shun, be aveaufugiōto flee, run away, escape; vanish; to flee fromeffugiōto flee from, escape; to avoid, evade
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
run against
incurrere or incursare in aliquid (to strike against in running): offendere aliquid (general term, to strike against). To run against anybody, in aliquem incurrere atque incidere. To approach violently or boisterously, incurrere; incursare; irruere; impetum facere in aliquem. RUN AWAY, fugere: aufugere: effugere. [Vid. FLEE, DESERT.]
Of a horse, effrenatum incerto cursu ferri (Liv., 37, 41); *frenis non parere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for run against?
- The usual Latin words for “run against” are incurrō, incursō, fugiō; also aufugiō, effugiō. 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.