What is the Latin word for trotter?

The usual Latin words for “trotter” are succussor, succussātor, Lūcīlius. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“trotter” in Latin

succussora jolter succussātora jolter LūcīliusGaius Ennius Lucilius (circa 180–103/2 BC), the earliest Roman satirist and a member of the Scipionic Circle; Lucilius B

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

trotter

A rough trotter, succussor, succussator (Lucilius, ap. Non., 16, 30 sequens and the followings). to be a rough trotter, succussare gressus (Attil, ap. Non., 16, 28 sequens).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for trotter?: The usual Latin words for “trotter” are succussor, succussātor, Lūcīlius. 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.