English → Latin
“abridge” in Latin
contrahōto draw in, bring or drag several objects together; collect, assemble, gather, amass; to bring about, accomplish, executamputōto prune, cut off, lop off; to curtail, shortenpraecīdōto cut off in front or through; shorten; sever, separate; to beat to pieces, batter, smash; to cut off or across, avoid,minuōto make smaller, lessen, diminish, reduce, minimize; to attenuate, appease, suppress, repress, quell; to dismember, tearimmineōto project, bend or lean toward or over, overhang; to touch on, border upon; to threaten, menaceredigōto drive, lead, or bring back; to call in, collect, raise, receive; to reduce to a certain stateōrātiōspeech, discourse, language; the power of speech; manner or style of speakingcommentāriusmemorandum, notebook; diary, journal; a briefnārrātiōnarration, narrative, storylībertāsliberty, freedom; civil liberty; political liberty, independence
The English word abridge itself goes back to Latin brevis, through abbrevio.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
abridge
contrahere (to draw in; orationem, Cic.): in angustum cogere (commentarios, Sall.): amputare (to prune away superfluities, narrationem): praecidere (to cut at the end; to cut short; a speech, etc.): minuere (to lessen; e.g., power, authority, expenses): imminuere (to lessen, and so weaken, libertatem, Cic.): detrahere aliquid de aliqua re; breve aliquid facere; ad justam brevitatem revocare: redigere (“to reduce :” with ad before the size to which the work is reduced: hosce ipsos ad sex libros redegit Diophanes, Varr.). To show how the labor of teaching may be abridged, brevia docendi manstrare compendia (Quint.).
To abridge a work, in angustum cogere; in epitomen cogere (Auson.). To abridge a voluminous author, aliquem per multa volumina diffusum epitome circumscribere. Vid: LESSON.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for abridge?
- The usual Latin words for “abridge” are contrahō, amputō, praecīdō; also minuō, immineō, redigō. 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.