acceptor - catcher; dator - pitcher; clavator - batter.
¶ Traupvir (in editione secunda libri sui) etiam dicit esse stationes neque bases. Sinister Petrus 03:00, 12 Iunii 2007 (UTC)
I've here compiled a list of terms commonly used in reference to baseball, with some suggested Latinizations. Nearly every sport has a similar list; should Vicipaedia have a set of articles for them (with its own category)? Alternatively or additionally, each of these terms could have its own article. Translating by the use of calques is often unwise, but slangy idioms might lend themselves to that practice.
ALCS [= American League Championship Series] (n)
American League (n) Foedus Americanum
away team, the (n) manus (-us) visitans
Bambino, the [= Babe Ruth] (n) Bambinus, -i
ballgame (n) pilae lusus; pilaris lusio [Statius]
baseball [= the sport] (n) basipila, -ae; ludus basipilae [Traupman 2003]
baseball game [= a playing of the sport] (n) lusus (basipilae); basipilae lusus [Traupman 2003]; basipilae certamen [Traupman 2003]
Black Sox scandal (n) offensa Tibialium Atrorum
champion (n) victor, -oris
Cy Young Award (n) Praemium Youngianum. [Cf. Praemium Nobelianum]
dead-ball era (n)
doubleheader (n)
division (of a league) (n)
fan (n) fautor, -oris; fanaticus, -i
farm system (n)
first pitch [= a ceremonial pitch, usually by a famous personage] (n) primarius iactus
Gold Glove Award (n) Praemium Manicae Aureae
Green Monster (in Fenway Park), the (n) Monstrum Viride
Hall of Fame (at Cooperstown, New York) (n) Atrium Celebritatis
home, at (n) domi (locative)
home team (n) manus (-us) hospitans
Little League (n) Foedus Parvulum
major league (n) foedus maius
minor league (n) foedus minus
MLB Most Valuable Player Award (n)
MLB Rookie of the Year Award (n)
MVP [most valuable player] (n)
National League (n) Foedus Nationale
Negro leagues [= a historical term] (n)
NLCS [National League Championship Series] (n)
pennant [= league-champion icon] (n)
play ball (phrase) pila ludo [Cicero]
play baseball (phrase) basipila ludo [Traupman 2003]
playoff (n)
playoff, division (n)
postseason (adj)
postseason (n)
season (n) annus, -i
seventh-inning stretch (n)
Society for American Baseball Research [SABR] (n)
softball [= a baseball variant with nearly identical rules but using a larger, softer ball] (n)
spring training (n)
streak (esp. hitting ~ losing ~ winning) (n) linea, -ae
"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" [= carmen fautoribus dilectissimum] (n)
visiting team (n) manus visitans
wild card (slot ~ team) (n)
World Series (n) Series Mundana. N.B.: it was originally "World's Series" (Series Mundi?).
wave, the [commonly performed by fans in stadiums; not particular to baseball] (n) unda, -ae
ballpark (n) stadium, -i
base (n) statio [Traupman]
base, first (n) prima statio [statio prima, Traupman]. The noun is often understood; hence, prima, -ae (n). E.g.: Primam errore iactatoris attigit 'He reached first on the pitcher's error'.
base, second (n) secunda statio [statio secunda, Traupman]; secunda, -ae
base, third (n) tertia statio [statio tertia, Traupman]; tertia, -ae
batter's box (n)
board, be on the [= having scored at least one run] (phrase)
bleachers
bullpen (n) iaculatores vicarii
diamond (n) adamas, adamantis, m.
dish, the [= home plate] (n) apex, -icis. [Apex is to summa as 'dish' is to 'plate']
dugout (n)
error (n) error, -oris
fair territory (n)
field, center (n) campus medius
field, left (n) campus sinister
field, right (n) campus dexter
foul line (n)
ground-rule double (n)
home plate (n) summa statio [Levine; statio summa, Traupman]. The noun is often understood; hence, summa, -ae (n)
infield (n)
infield-fly rule (n)
inning (n)
inning, bottom of the [home team batting] (n)
inning, top of the [guest team batting] (n)
layoff (n)
line, left-field (n)
line, right-field (n)
line judge (n)
lineup (n) ordo clavatorum
no-man's land (n) neminis terra
on-deck circle (n)
order, bottom of the (batting) (n)
order, top of the (batting) (n)
outfield (n) campus exterior
pinch-hit (v)
plate, the [= home plate] (n)
record [common to many sports] (n) extremum, -i
run (n) cursus, -ūs
score (n) ratio, -onis
score (a run) [by a runner] (v) tesseram facio; rationem (?) facio
score (a game) [by a statistician] (v) lusum annumero; lusum noto
scoreboard (n)
stadium (n) stadium, -i
stands, grandstand consessu caveae, -arum [Vergil]
sweep (n)
sweep (v)
team (n) manipulus, -i
tie (n)
tie (v)
warmup (n)
warm up (v. intr.) calefio, -fieri, -factus sum. Perhaps also: calesco, -ere (no perf., no supine); calefacto, -are (no perf., no supine)
baseman, first (n) custos primae (stationis)
baseman, second (n) custos secundae (stationis)
baseman, third (n) custos tertiae (stationis)
batter (n) clavator, -oris [Traupman]; battutor, -oris [Eichenseer]
captain (n) dux, ducis
catcher (n) captator, -oris [Ainsworth]; acceptor, -oris [Traupman; but better saved for 'receiver' in American football?]
coach (n) rector, -oris; moderator, -oris; gubernator, -oris; magister, -tri
coach, batting (n)
coach, pitching (n)
designated hitter (n)
fielder, center (n)
fielder, left (n)
fielder, right (n)
manager (n) administrator, -oris; dispensator, -oris; curator, -oris
official scorer (n)
outfielder (n) defensor campi
pinch hitter (n)
pinch runner (n)
pitcher (n) iactator, -oris; iaculator, -oris [Helf.]; dator, -oris [Traupman]; missor [Cicero]
pitcher, relief (n) iactator auxiliaris
pitcher, setup (n)
pitcher, starting (n) iactator primarius
reliever (n) auxiliator, -oris
rookie (n) tiro, -onis
rotation (of pitchers) (n) ordo iaculatorum
scout (n) speculator, -oris
shortstop (n)
start (by a pitcher) (n)
umpire (n) arbiter, -tri
utility infielder (n)
apple [= baseball] (n) malum, -i
ball (n) pila, -ae
baseball (n) basipila, -ae [Traupman 2003]
bat (n) baculum, -i, & baculus, -i [Ainsworth]; baculus, -i [LRL]; clava lusoria [Traupman 1997]; fustis, -is [Eichenseer]
(batting) cage (n) claustrum, -i
bill (of a cap) (n) rostrum, -i
cap (n) pileum, -i; pileus, -i; petasus, -i
cleats (n)
facemask (catcher's) (n)
glove (fielder's) (n) manica, -ae
mitt (catcher's) (n) manica captatoris
seam (of a baseball) (n) sutura, -ae (pilae)
shinguard (n)
uniform (n) ornatus, -ūs (lusorius)
balk (n) iactus falsus
ball [=pitch outside the strike zone] (n)
battery [= iactator + captator] (n)
beanball (n)
bloop curve [=eephus] (n) stillans curva
breaking ball (n) flectens, -entis (pila)
Bugs Bunny curve [=eephus] (n)
catch (v) prehendo, -ere, -di, -sum; capio?
changeup (n) mutans, -antis (pila)
closer [= qui claudit] (n) claudans, -antis
curveball (n) curvans, -antis (pila)
cutter (n) secans, -antis (pila)
cut fastball (n) citapila secta
dead fish [= Dave Stieb's variant of the eephus] (n) piscis mortuus
eephus (pitch) (n) iphus, iphūs, m.
fan [= strike (someone) out] (v. trans.) ventilo, -are, -avi, -atum
fan [= strike out] (v. intrans.) ventilor, -ari, -atus sum
fastball (n) citapila, -ae
folly floater [= Steve Hamilton's variant of the eephus] (n)
forkball (n)
Fossum flip [= Casey Fossum's variant of the eephus] (n)
full count [= 3 balls, 2 strikes] (n)
gyroball
heat [= fastball] (n) calor, -oris
hesitation hummer [= Steve Hamilton's variant of the eephus] (n)
intentional walk (n) ambulatio meditata
knuckleball (n)
leephus [= Bill Lee's variant of the eephus] (n) liphus, liphūs, m. (a portmanteau)
mask (catcher's) (n)
mound (pitcher's) (n)
no-hitter (n)
perfect game (n) lusus perfectus
passed ball (n)
pitch (n) iactus, -ūs
pitch (v) iacio, -ere, ieci, iactum
rubber (pitcher's) (n)
save (n) conservatio, -onis
screwball (n) cochlea, -ae
shutout (n)
shuuto [Japanese, from shootball; a pitch resembling a screwball but with less break; often mentioned in the movie Mr. Baseball] (n) proiiciens, -ientis
sidearm-style (adj, adv)
sinker (n) sidens, -entis (pila)
slider (n) labens, -entis (pila)
spaceball [= Bill Lee's variant of the eephus] (n)
spitball (n) spuens, -entis (pila)
splitter (n) findens, -entis (pila)
strike [= pitch inside the strike zone not hit] (n) amittes, -is (f)
strike out (v) dimitto, -ere, dimisi, dimissus (to be struck out: dimittor, dimitto, dimissus, -)
strikeout (n) dimissio
two-seam fastball (n)
submarine-style (adj, adv)
walk (v) ambulo, -are, -avi, -atum
wild pitch (n) iactus perversus
windup (n)
at-bat (n)
baserunner (n) cursor, -oris
batter (n) ictor, -oris
batting practice (n)
blooper (n) stillans, -antis (pila)
bunt (n)
bunt (v)
catch (v) Cf. mea pila est 'I've caught the ball' [idiom, Ainsworth]
choke (up on a bat) (v)
chopper (n) concidens, -entis (pila)
deck, be on (v) icere opportum
double (n) duplum, -i
double (v) duplico, -are, -avi, -atum
double play (n) dimissio duplex; actio duplex
extra-base hit (n)
fair ball (n) pila legitima, ictus legitimus
fielder's choice (n)
fly (ball) (n) volans, -antis (pila)
fly (v. trans.) volo, -are, -avi, -atus
fly out (n) dimissio volans
force (out) (n) dimissio trudens
foul (v)
foul ball (n) pila illicita, ictus illicitus
foul tip (n)
grand slam (n) ictus maximus
groundout (n) dimissio ejicens
ground out (v)
hit (v) ico, icere, ici, ictum
hit ~ base hit (n) ictus, -ūs
hit-and-run (play) (n)
hit by a pitch (phrase) iactu ictus
hit for the cycle (phrase) circulo ico
hole, in the [= next to go to the on-deck circle] (phrase)
home run (n) cursus domum
homer [= home run] (n)
homer [= hit a home run] (v)
hung up, get (v. intr.)
hung up, get (a runner) (v. tr.)
interference (n)
lead (off a base) (n)
lead-off (scil., batter) (adj)
line drive (n)
load (the bases) (v)
loaded, be (of the bases) (v)
out (n) dimissio, -onis (f)
pickoff (n)
pick off (v)
pop-up (n) poppysmus, -i, m.
pop up (v)
rotation play (n)
runner (n) cursor, -oris
sacrifice (n) sacrificum, -i
sacrifice (v. intransitive) sacrificor, -ari, -atus sum. (Or se sacrifico, -are, -avi, atus?)
sacrifice bunt (n)
sacrifice fly (n) sacrificio volans, -antis
scoring position (n)
single (n) singularis, -is
slide (into a base) (v) (in stationem) labor, labi, lapsus sum. E.g.: Praeceps in tertiam lapsus est 'He slid headfirst into third'.
squeeze play (n) compressio; compressionis actio
steal (v) furor, furari, furatus sum (dep.)
stolen base (n) statio furtiva
streak, hitting (n)
strike zone (n) zona ictus
swing (at a pitch) (v)
tag (n) tactus, -ūs, m.
tag (out) (v) tango, -ere, tegi, tactus
throw (someone) out (v) dimissio (aliquem) adiicio
triple (n) triplum, -i
triple (v) triplico, -are, -avi, -atum
triple play (n) dimissio triplex; actio triplex
two-hopper (n) bis saliens, -ientis
walk (v. intr.) ambulo, -are, -avi, -atum
average, batting [an ancient statistic] (n) ictui medius
box score (n) ratio quadrata
dERA [= defense-independent ERA] (n)
DICE [= defense-independent-component ERA] (n)
ERA [= earned-run average, by a pitcher] (n)
HR/9 [= homeruns allowed per nine innings pitched] (n)
K [= strikeout] (n) ka (indecl.)
K/BB [= strikeouts per walk] (n)
K/9IP [= strikeouts per nine innings pitched] (n)
on-base percentage (n)
OOPS [= opponent on-base plus slugging, by a pitcher] (n)
OPS [= on-base + slugging percent, by a hitter] (n)
Pythagenpat formula [= (r + ra)/g)0.287]
Pythagenport formula [= (1.5 log((r + ra)/g) + 0.45)] (n)
Pythagorean expectation [= a statistic invented by Bill James] (n)
RBI [= run(s) batted in; an ancient statistic] (n)
runs allowed (n)
runs created [= a statistic invented by Bill James] (n)
sabermetrics [< SABR] (n) sabermetra, -orum
slugging percentage [= total bases divided by total at-bats] (n)
strikeouts (n)
total player rating [= a statistic invented by Pete Palmer] (n)
triple crown (winner) [= (player with) highest batting average + most RBIs + most homers] (n)
WHIP [= walks + hits allowed per inning pitched] (n)
wins [by a pitcher] (n) victoriae, -arum
I'm fairly sure the second vowel should be short; Traupman's acute accent in "basípila" indicates not a long vowel but the stress. I just added him as a source, but now I note that he actually gives "ludus basipilae" for the sport, and basipila for the actual ball (as Iacobus noted above in his helpful and copious list). Perhaps there's a better source for plain basipila. From a Google search, "ludus pilae et basium" seems to be given in Egger's Lexicon recentis Latinitatis, but I don't have access to the actual source. Lesgles (disputatio) 19:06, 8 Ianuarii 2016 (UTC)
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