What is the Latin word for Balk?

The usual Latin words for “Balk” are Bactra, tignum, trabs; also cōnfīnis, līmes, frūstrātiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“Balk” in Latin

BactraThe capital of Bactriana, now Balkh in Afghanistan tignumbuilding stuff, lumber; tree trunk; log trabstimber, beam, rafter; tree trunk; penis cōnfīnisbordering on, adjoining, contiguous līmesa limit set between two estates or fields, border, boundary; a fortified boundary line, a boundary wall; a boundary, bor frūstrātiōa deception, trick; disappointment, frustration; the act of delaying or keeping back lūdificātiōderision, mockery fraudōto cheat, defraud, swindle; to deprive of; to embezzle a thing from a person, purloin, steal dēcipiōto catch, ensnare, entrap, deceive, mislead, beguile, elude, cheat dēstituōto fix or set in position; to place; to leave alone, forsake, abandon or desert; to delude, deceive, cheat

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

Balk

Bactra, -orum (n.)

balk

a beam, tignum; trabs.

Between two fields: confinium (space left uncultivated, to divide two fields, Beier ad Cic., De Off., 2, 18, 64): limes (cross-way forming the boundary between two fields, Sall., Varr., R.R., 1, 16, 6, where limes et confinium).

Disappointment, frustratio; ludificatio.

balk v.

disappoint, frustrate: fraudare (the proper word to cheat, injure, or rob any body by an abuse of his confidence): decipere (fo deceive; outwit by a suddenly executed plot): circumvanire (outwit by an artfully laid plot): destituere (to leave in the lurch; also, to deceive, beguile of: deos mercede, Hor.: spem, Liv.): frustrare, more commonly frustrari (to let any body expect in vain the fulfilment of a promise or hope: aliquem spe auxilii, Liv.: exspectationem alicujus, Plin.: spes me frustrata est, Ter.): eludere (to make sport of; also, to evade an attack: aliquem; manus scrutantium, Petronius: vim legis, Suet.): ludificari (ea, quae hostes agerent, Liv.): ad vanum or ad irritum, or vanum et irritum redigere (to render what has been done useless): disturbare (throw into confusion, and so destroy). To balk anybody’s hope, expectation, etc., spem fallere, ludere or destituere: to be balked, falli (to be deceived); irritum fieri; ad irritum cadere, recidere or venire: to see one’s expectation balked, spem perdere; spe excidere; a spe decidere; spe dejici; spes ad irritum cadit or redigitur: frustrari spe (Sall.): spes aliquem frustrata est (Ter.). To balk all a man’s plans, conturbare alicui omnes rationes. Death has balked all his hopes and plans, omnem spem atque omnia vitae consilia mors pervertit.

Omit, refuse, Vid:

Attempt to shun, eludere (aliquem; hastas): declinare (impetum, Cic.).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for Balk?: The usual Latin words for “Balk” are Bactra, tignum, trabs; also cōnfīnis, līmes, frūstrātiō. 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.