English → Latin
“train” in Latin
ōrdōa methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series; a class, station, condition, rank; a group or seriēsa row; a succession; a seriestrahōto drag, pull; to trail; to extract, withdraw, derive, take awaycondocefaciōto teach, train (animals, gladiators)fingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough); to touch, touch gently, stroke, stroke gently, handle; to adorn, dress, arrangeīnstituōto set up, establish, found, institute or arrange; to train, teach, instruct, educate (usually by a course of training);disciplīnateaching, instruction, education; training; learning, knowledge, discipline, science, studyofficiumduty, service, office; obligation, an obligatory service, visit, or gesture; kindness, favor, courtesy
The English word train itself goes back to Latin trahō, through *traginō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
train s.
ordo (row, order): series (series, line, succession): tractus, -ūs (anything drawn along after one). A train of gunpowder, etc., *ductus igniarius: a train of artillery, *cohortes tormentariae; *tormenta, plur.; *apparatus tormentarius: a rail-way train, *ordo vehiculorum viam ferro stratam percurrentium; *vehicula juncta viam ferro stratam percurrentia. Vid: also, RETINUE, PROCESSION.
train v.
To draw, Vid:
To educate, condocefacere: fingere: instituere (to instruct one, so that he may be able to do anything, ad aliquid; e.g., boves ad aratrum, Col., 6, 2, 8; canem vestigia sequi, Sen., Clement., 1, 16): assuefacere aliquem aliqua re (to train him to the habit of it; e.g., disciplina, officio, Cic.): docere aliquem aliquid (to train one anything).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for train?
- The usual Latin words for “train” are ōrdō, seriēs, trahō; also condocefaciō, fingō, īnstituō. 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.