English → Latin
“run through” in Latin
percurrōto run, hasten or pass through, traverse, pass or run over or along; stroke; to wind or bend around; to mention briefly pervolōto fly through or aboutdēcurrōto run, flow, move, sail or swim down; to charge or skirmish; to hasten, rush downēmētiorto measure out; to pass through or over, traverse; to impart, bestowdiscurrōto run about, in different directions, or to and fro; to roam, wander
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
run through
PROP., percurrere, percursare; pervolare (to go through with speed): discurrere aliquo loco or per locum (in different directions = to run about, of several): decurrere (to leave behind in running): emetiri (qu., to measure through).
Figuratively, To spread quickly, of a report, etc., pervadere locum (e.g., forum atque urbem): discurrere (in all directions; e.g., tota urbe).
To pass quickly through in succession, percurrere; decurrere. To run through each post of honor, efferri per honorum gradus ad summum imperium.
To wear away by running, usu deterere (the soles of shoes): cursu atterere (the feet; after Plin., 18, 15, 61).
To pierce, perforate, Vid: SUN UP, (a building), constituere repente (ad necessitatem) aedificium (Hirt., B.G., 8, 5); subitarium aedificium exstruere (Tac., Ann., 15, 39): (an account), conflare aes alienum (Sall.).
(Of a fit of trembling)(Of a fit of trembling), perstringere aliquem. RUN UPON, Vid: RUN AGAINST.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for run through?
- The usual Latin words for “run through” are percurrō, pervolō, dēcurrō; also ēmētior, discurrō. 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.