English → Latin
“troop” in Latin
turbaturmoil, disorder, stir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, hubbub, commotion, trouble, confusion, disarray, brawl; mob, crowdgrexa group of smaller animals: a flock (of birds, sheep, etc.), a pack (of dogs, wolves, etc.), a swarm (of insects), etc.;globusany round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob, groupcatervaa crowd, a band, a troop, a retinue; a group, flock, pack (of animals)cohorsa court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or escortmanushand; bravery, valor; violence, fightingexercitusexercise; trouble, affliction; an exercised, disciplined body of men, an armymultitūdōA great number; multitude, numerousness.; A great number of people, crowd, mob, throng, multitude.coeōto assemble, meet, come together; to encounter, come up against; to copulate, have sexconveniōto convene, assemble, gather, meet or come together; to accost, to call on; to sue, to let be summoned to court
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
troop s.
turba, grex, globus (an irregular multitude; turba, in disorder; grex, without form or order; globus, group, thronging mass): caterva (of soldiers or others; crowd): cohors (as a regiment, etc.): manus (a band of men): exercitus (a host, poetical): multitudo (a great number). A troop of soldiers, militum manus or caterva: a troop of players, scenicorum grex: in troops, catervatim.
troop v.
coire: convenire: se congregare (in great numbers): confluere: frequentes convenire.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for troop?
- The usual Latin words for “troop” are turba, grex, globus; also caterva, cohors, manus. 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.