English → Latin
“scramble” in Latin
rapiōto snatch, grab, carry off, abduct, rape, steal; to snatch (oneself); take off, hurrynītorto bear or rest upon something, lean on; to be supported by; to rely on; to trust; to be based on; to press forward, advconcupīscōto very much desire, or covet strongly; to long for greatly or much; to wish for greatly, or eagerly, or ardently
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
scramble v.
To attempt to seize hastily, involare in aliquid; manus afferre alicui rei (to stretch out the hands toward anything in order to obtain it): rapere, arripere aliquid (to snatch at): aliquid diripere (Sen., Suet., to be anxious or eager to attain anything).
To ascend a place, using one’s hands and feet, niti, eniti in aliquid: evadere in aliquid (to reach anything by scrambling; e.g., in verticem or in jugum montis).
scramble s.
By circumlocution with the verbs in To SCRAMBLE. There is quite a scramble for that article, permulti gestiunt, concupiscunt, illas merces emere
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for scramble?
- The usual Latin words for “scramble” are rapiō, nītor, concupīscō. 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.