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I need a word that is Latin or comes from a Latin route (as in, the ancient, dead language) that is a synonym for the word group or crew. Thanks so much!

2007-06-27 03:48:32 · 0 answers · asked by My Name Doesn't Fit Here 4 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

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English "cohort" from the Latin "cohors"
That's the only one I can think of.
Latin for group:
corona, tuba, globus, circulus
Latin for crew:
grex, turba, multitudo; (of a ship) remiges, nautae

2007-06-27 04:18:41 · answer #1 · answered by KJohnson 5 · 0 1

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2016-11-15 07:08:42 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

Cohort, from 'cohors, cohortis' might work, although the general use in English is to talk about 'cohorts' as colleagues.

Legion, of course, from 'legio, legionis'. The Romans were very military-minded.

Words directly from Latin for group/crew aren't that many, and often have a negative connotation:

Grex = group, but generally in a bid sense - a grex of drunks, a grex of prisoners, etc.

Globus = group. Any collection of people for a specific purpose. Best English fit might be 'band'.

Ciriculus = small group. Best English fit might be 'a knot of people'.

Turba = mob. English word 'disturb' comes from same root.

Multitudo = Rabble, mob

Strangely, Latin had no word for the crew of a ship. "Nautae' simply means 'sailors' and 'remiges' are naval infantry - soldiers who fight on shipboard.

Best choices seem to be 'globus' if you want a true Latin word, or legion if you want one from Latin to English.

2007-06-27 08:33:19 · answer #3 · answered by dollhaus 7 · 0 0

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2016-04-02 23:45:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The best I can come up with is the Latin root for "many" which is poly as found in:-
More than one; many; much: polyatomic.
More than usual; excessive; abnormal: polydipsia.
Polymer; polymeric: polyethylene.
pop is a Latin prefix meaning people as in population, populace, popular, populate, populism, popularity
con, com, co are Latin prefixes for "with" which we use in words like committee, conspiracy, cooperate
gen means race, family or kind.

2007-06-27 04:39:08 · answer #5 · answered by crrllpm 7 · 0 1

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