English → Latin
“run on” in Latin
prōcurrōto run or rush forwards; to advance; to jut outprōfluōto flow or run forth or along; discharge; to be relaxed; to flow or spring forth, issue, proceeddēcurrōto run, flow, move, sail or swim down; to charge or skirmish; to hasten, rush downeffluōto flow or run forth or out; escape; to go out, issue forth; to vanish, disappear, melt awayēmānōto flow out; arise or emanate (from); to become knownstīllōto drip, drop, trickle; to distilexstīllōto trickle out (in drops)excurrōto run out; to sally forth; to project, extendprōmineōto stand or jut out; to project, overhang; to be prominent; to bend or reach out (for), extend (to)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
run on
procurrere (to run further): profluere (to flow further; of water): decurrere (e.g., manus in scribendo, Quint., 10, 7, 11): the pay runs on, procedunt alicui aera (Liv., 5, 7, 12). The interest runs on (i. e., at compound interest), centesimae fenore perpetuo ducuntur (Cic., Att., 5, 21, extr.). Interest that runs on, centesimae perpetuae (opposed to quotannis renovatae, ibid., 6, 2, extr.). RUN OUT,
As liquids from a vessel, effluere: emanare: stillare: exstillare (by drops): clepsydra extremum stillicidium exhausit (has run out, Sen.).
To project, excurrere: procurrere: prominere (in architecture). A promontory that runs out into the sea, promontorium in mare procurrens.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for run on?
- The usual Latin words for “run on” are prōcurrō, prōfluō, dēcurrō; also effluō, ēmānō, stīllō. 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.