What is the Latin word for stick?

The usual Latin words for “stick” are baculum, scīpiō, fūstis; also ferula, puer, fīgō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“stick” in Latin

baculumwalking stick, cane, staff; sceptre, rod, verge (staff of office); stick, cudgel scīpiōstaff, walking stick fūstisa knobbed stick, a cudgel, staff, club ferulagiant fennel (Ferula communis); a staff, stick, rod; a splint puera child; chit; a boy, lad (typically between ages 7-14 but could be younger) (older than an īnfāns but younger than an a fīgōto fasten, fix; to transfix, pierce; to erect, post, set up īnfīgōto fasten, fix, implant

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

stick s.

baculum or (more rarely) baculus (a walking-stick for use or convenience): scipio (for ornament, also as a walking-stick): fustis (a cudgel): ferula (a little stick, rod). To lean upon a stick, inniti baculo; artus baculo sustinere (†): to use a stick, (for striking), fustem alicui impingere; aliquem fuste coercere (as corrective discipline; e.g., puerum, Hor.): a stick of sealing-wax, *scapus cerae or laccae signatoriae.

stick v.

Transitively, figere: infigere. To stick on or to, affigere ad aliquid: in front of, praefigere alicui rei: through, inserere alicui rei or in aliquid: into, figere or infigere in aliquid; inserere alicui rei or in aliquid.

Intransitively, fixum or infixum esse in aliqua re: affixum esse in aliqua re: haerere in aliqua re. To have something sticking in one’s throat, faucibus aliquid obstat (Quint.): a bone sticks in anybody’s throat, os devoratum fauce alicujus haeret (Phaedrus.): to stick (in speaking), in dicendo deficere: to stick to, inhaerere alicui rei or ad aliquid (PROP.); haerere, adhaerere rei or alicui (PROP. and figuratively): to stick close to, se applicare ad aliquid (to apply closely to); prensare aliquid (to seize and press; e.g., alicujus genua); alicui blandiri (to fawn upon anybody); se applicare ad aliquem (in a friendly manner); se insinuare in alicujus familiaritatem or familiarem usum, insinuare in alicujus consuetudinem: to stick out, eminere exstare; Vid: PROJECT.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for stick?: The usual Latin words for “stick” are baculum, scīpiō, fūstis; also ferula, puer, fīgō. 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.