English → Latin
“top” in Latin
turbōtornado, whirlwind; spinning top, wheel; spinning motiontrochusiron hooppellōto push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out; to strike, set in motion; to rout, put to flight,Persiusa Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held byTibullusA Roman cognomen — famously held bysuperusabove, upper, higher
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
top s.
Height, summit, Vid:
For playing with, turbo (general term; also = rhombus: i. e., a magic reel or whirl; Vid: Voss., Verg., Ecl., 8, 68): trochus (a humming-top). To whip a top, turbinem (trochum) pellere; turbinem (trochum) flagello torquere (Persius, 3, 51, where for turbinem we have buxum; i. e., turbinem buxeum, a top of box-wood); turbinem verbere ciere (Tibullus, 1, 5, 3); trocho ludere (to play with a top, Hor., Od., 3, 27, 57): the top spins, turbo (trochus) movetur or versatur.
top adj.
summus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for top?
- The usual Latin words for “top” are turbō, trochus, pellō; also Persius, Tibullus, superus. 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.