English → Latin
“assailant” in Latin
oppugnōto attack, assault, storm, besiegepatriafatherland, native land; homelacessōto excite, provoke, challenge, exasperate, harass or irritate; to attack or assailinvādōto enter; to invade; to verbally attack, assail, upbraid, berate, rebuke, castigate
The English word assailant itself goes back to Latin saliō, through assaliō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
assailant
oppugnator (e.g., patriae, Liv., salutis meae, Cic.): or by circumlocution with verbs under ASSAIL (qui, etc., adoritur aliquem, lacessit, impugnat aliquem), or by their participles (invadens, etc.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for assailant?
- The usual Latin words for “assailant” are oppugnō, patria, lacessō; also invādō. 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.