English → Latin
“unload” in Latin
exonerōto unload, discharge; to exonerate; to free, relievenāvisship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural; nave (middle or body of a church)plaustrumwagon, cart
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
unload
exonerare (e.g., navem, plaustrum). Unload a wagon, exonerare plaustrum: a carriage (of any kind), vehiculum onustum exinanire: beasts of burden, jumentis deponere onera; jumenta sarcinis levare. (☞ deonerare aliquid ex aliqua re occurs in the Golden Age only, figuratively in the sense of “to take away”).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for unload?
- The usual Latin words for “unload” are exonerō, nāvis, plaustrum. 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.