English → Latin
“sport” in Latin
lūdusa school, especially a primary school; game, sport, play; public spectacle, games, stage plays/productionsirrīsiōderision, mockerydērīsiōa laughing to scorn, mockery, derisiondērīdeōto laugh at, mock, make fun of, deridecavillātiōjeering, scoffing; irony in jest or in earnest; an empty, sophistical discourse; sophistrylūdibriummockery, derision; wantonness; laughing stockvēnorto chase, hunt, pursue game/quarry; to strive for, or pursue any objective, whether concrete or abstract in naturedēlūdōto deceive or dupe; to mockillūdōto mock, ridicule, jeer, scoff; to waste away, destroy something in sport; to violate, abuse, ruiniocusa joke, jest; a form of amusement; pastime, sport
The English word sport itself goes back to Latin portō, through portāre.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sport s.
Play, ludus: jocus [Vid: PLAY.] To make sport of anybody, aliquem ludere, deludere, illudere. In sport, per jocum: per ludum et jocum: per ridiculum: joco, joculariter (e.g., alicui objicere aliquid).
Mockery, irrisio: derisio: derisus (post-Augustan): cavillatio: ludibrium. To make sport of, ludibrio (sibi) habere aliquem or aliquid: to be the sport of the winds, ventorum ludibrium esse: aliquid or aliquem irridere, deridere, cavillari: to make great sport of, acerbis facetiis aliquem irridere: to be made sport of, irrideri: ludibrio esse.
Pursuit of game, venatus. To enjoy field sports, *venandi studio teneri: multum esse in venationibus: venandi studiosum esse. Fondness for field sports, venandi studium, or voluptas, or studium ac voluptas.
sport v.
To play, ludere: ludendo tempus terere: ludicra delectari delectatione: lusionibus delectari.
To pursue some sport, venari.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sport?
- The usual Latin words for “sport” are lūdus, irrīsiō, dērīsiō; also dērīdeō, cavillātiō, lūdibrium. 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.