English → Latin
“stride” in Latin
grandisfull-grown, grown up; large, great, grand, lofty, big; powerfulstrīdōto utter or make a shrill or harsh sound; creak, shriek, squeak, screech, grate, hiss, whistle, buzzprōcēdōto proceed, advance; to show oneself, appear, become visible; to go towards, go to meet
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
stride
magnus gressus: grandis or plenus gradus. To take long strides, pleno gradu incedere (of a rapid pace); magnos facere gradus; grandibus esse gradibus (Plaut.): to make great strides, figuratively, longe progredi; procedere et progredi; processus (☞ in the best writers never profectum) facere in re.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for stride?
- The usual Latin words for “stride” are grandis, strīdō, prōcēdō. 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.