English → Latin
“affront” in Latin
occurrōto run into; to go to meet; to charge, rush to attack; to meet, go to, come toresistōto stand back, remain standing somewhere; stand still, halt, stop, stay; remain, continue; to rise or stand up again; toiniungōto join or fasten, unite; to charge, impose (a burden); to enjoin or chargecontumēliainsult, reproach, contumely, abuse, mistreatment; affront, invective; humiliation, injury; assault, violenceoffēnsiōoffense, offence; accident, misfortune, mishapiniūriainjury, wronging, offense, insult, wrong; injustice, wrongdoing; damage, harm, hurt, injuryopprobriumreproach, taunt; scandal, disgrace, dishonour, shameignōminiadishonour, disgrace, degradation, ignominy, shame
The English word affront itself goes back to Latin ad, through *affrontare.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
affront
Meet or go to meet, occurrere (obviam): offendere aliquem; incidere alicui or in aliquem (by accident): obviam ire alicui (to go to meet). Vid: MEET.
Meet in a hostile manner, etc., occurrere, obviam ire (general term): se offerre alicui rei (e.g., periculis): resistere; confidenter resistere.
Offer an insult to, contumeliam alicui imponere: aliquem contumelia insequi: contumeliis insectari: maledictis vexare (to insult with insolent words): sugillare (affront scornfully, contemptuously): offendere aliquem (to affront, displease; whether intentionally or not): aliquem ignominia afficere, ignominiam alicui imponere, injungere (of gross insults, causing public disgrace). To be affronted, ignominia or contumelia affici: offendi (to feel affronted). To affront with words, verbis or voce vulnerare, violare, contumeliam alicui dicere. To feel affronted, injuriam sibi lactam putare: at anything, aliquid in or ad contumeliam accipere: *aliqua re se laesum or violatum putare.
affront
contumelia (a wrong done to one’s honor): offensio (a state of mortified feeling; but also the act that causes it): injuria (an affront felt to be a wrong): opprobrium (affront conveyed by reproachful words). To look upon anything as an affront, aliquid in or ad contumeliam accipere: ignominiae loco ferre aliquid: ignominiae or probro habere aliquid. To put an affront on anybody, contumeliam alicui imponere. Vid. AFFRONT, v., ATTACK, Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for affront?
- The usual Latin words for “affront” are occurrō, resistō, iniungō; also contumēlia, offēnsiō, iniūria. 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.