English → Latin
“shoot” in Latin
virgatwig, young shoot; rod, switch for flogging.; staff, walking sticksurculusshoot, sprout, sprig, twig; a scion, graft, a sucker, slip, set of a plant for growth; a small treetāleaA long or slender piece of wood or metal; rod, stick, stake, bar.; A cutting, set or layer for planting.; A scion, twig,sarmentumshoot; twigs, brushwoodstolōa shoot, branch, or twig springing from the root or stock of a tree; a sucker, kneegermenshoot, sprout, bud; germ, seed, origin; embryo, fetusmittōto send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge; to put out, extend, reach out (one's hand); to announce, telēmittōto send forth, emit, discharge; to hurl, cast; to let forth, let go, send outpermittōto let go, let loose; to cast, hurl, throw; send away, export; to give leave, give up, allow, suffer, grant, permit, surferōto bear; to carry; to support, hold up; to suffer, tolerate, endure, bear
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
shoot s.
virga (twig, general term): surculus: talea (such as will serve for settings, etc.): sarmentum (a useless shoot): stolo (a hurtful sucker, Döderlein): germen (shoot, eye, that would serve for grafting).
shoot v.
Transitively, To propel a weapon, etc., mittere: emittere: conjicere (of weapons hurled; sagittas, etc.): permittere (so as to hit the mark). To shoot arrows, sagittas mittere: sagittas conjicere (e.g., into a castle, in castellum, Caes..); also, poetical, sagittam arcu expellere (Ov.); telum trajicere (from one point to another): with a gun, *glandes e sclopeto mittere (if loaded with ball): to be going to shoot (at anything), ictum intentare. To shoot at anybody or anything, telo petere aliquem or aliquid; tela in aliquid conjicere; telum in aliquem immittere (Cic.). To shoot at a mark, destinatum petere. He shot with so sure an aim, that he could hit birds flying, adeo certo ictu destinata feriebat, ut aves quoque exciperet (Curt., 5, 41). [Vid: AIM.] Proverbially, To shoot with a long bow, gloriose mentiri; gloriosius de se praedicare (of one whose tales magnify his own deeds):
To hit with a missile, aliquid ictu ferire. To shoot anybody dead, aliquem telo occidere (general term): aliquem sagitta configere (with an arrow). To shoot game, etc., bestias venabulo (etc.) transverberare (Cic.). To shoot one’s self, sua manu cadere: to shoot off anybody’s arm, leg, etc., ictu teli auferre alicui brachium, pedem, etc.: to shoot a bolt, obdere pessulum ostio is the nearest expression.
Intransitively, To move rapidly, ferri: rapide ferri. To shoot up into the air, sublime ferri: to shoot down, praecipitari: praecipitem ire (general term): praecipitem devolvi (e.g., per saxa, of a river): proripere se (Verg., to shoot or dart away): emicare (of the heart, lightning, flame, water, blood). A vine shoots, vitis in jugum emicat (Col.).
To grow quickly, prosilire (of plants; e.g., frutex, Col.): adolescere (of corn): avide se promittere (to grow large; of trees): hexbescere (of corn in the blade).
To prick, smart (of wounds), pungere (me, te, eum, etc.).
To shoot ahead, praevehi (praeter aliquem or aliquid).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for shoot?
- The usual Latin words for “shoot” are virga, surculus, tālea; also sarmentum, stolō, germen. 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.