English → Latin
“tread” in Latin
calcōto trample, tread on; to walk upon, cross on foot; to oppressplacidusPlacid, gentle, quiet, still, calm, mild, peaceful, tranquil; Ripe, mellow; Not wild, fruitful, suitable for cultivationcatusclever, intelligent, sagacious, clear-thinking; cunning, crafty, sly; shrill, sharp, clear-soundingvestīgiumfootprint, track; trace, vestige, mark, sign; sole of the foot
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
tread v.
pede insistere. To tread firmly, firmiter insistere: to tread softly, placido, suspenso pede incedere; suspenso gradu ire (PROP., in walking): parce ac molliter facere (figuratively, to go cautiously to work): lenius agere (to make use of gentle means; opposed to acerbius agere, as in Liv., 39, 25): to tread upon, pedem alicui rei imponere; alicui rei insistere; pedem ponere in aliqua re (Cic.): to tread under foot, calcare (PROP. and figuratively) [Vid: also, TRAMPLE.] To tread grapes, uvas calcare (Cato): to tread clay, terram argillaceam calcando praeparare: to tread in the footsteps of another, vestigia alicujus persequi; vestigiis alicujus ingredi, insistere; aliquem vestigiis consequi.
(Of birds)(Of birds), calcare (Col.).
tread s.
vestigium (footstep, mark or impression of the foot: also a step).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for tread?
- The usual Latin words for “tread” are calcō, placidus, catus; also vestīgium. 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.