English → Latin
“whip” in Latin
flagellumwhip, lash, scourge; whip for driving animals (riding horses, cattle etc.); tentacleflagrumwhip, scourge, lashscuticastrap, lash, whiplōrumthong (leather strap); reins of a bridle; whip, lash, scourgeflagellōto flog, whip, lash or scourge; to thresh or flail (grain)rapiōto snatch, grab, carry off, abduct, rape, steal; to snatch (oneself); take off, hurryabripiōto take away (by violence); snatch, drag or tear off or away; to wash, blow away; to carry off, remove, detach
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
whip s.
flagellum (Cic.): flagrum (Liv., of single thongs; if these were armed with iron points, it became scorpio): scutica: lora, plur. (scourge; of thongs interwoven; hence nearer to our “whips.” Horace’s ut scutica dignum horribili sectere flagello makes the scutica lighter than the flagellum): lorum (not so heavy as lord, plur.): to crack a whip, insonare flagello (Verg., Aen., 5, 679). ☞ The Romans seem to have used a “cane” (virga, qua aliquis ad regendum equum utitur, Cic.), rather than a whip, for riding; but Vid: the passage in Vergil, above quoted; and flagellum was also used for oxen, Col. 2, 2, 26.
whip v.
To strike with a whip, flagellare: flagris caedere. To whip a top, turbinem agere, flagellare.
To sew slightly [Vid: SEW].
With a preposition, off, out (= to take off nimbly; colloquially vulgar), rapere, abripere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for whip?
- The usual Latin words for “whip” are flagellum, flagrum, scutica; also lōrum, flagellō, rapiō. 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.