English → Latin
“bang” in Latin
percussiōbeating, striking; percussion (act of beating etc); beatpercutiōto strike, beat; to make an impression on the mind, touch, please, delight, astonish, shock; to killplāgaplague, misfortune; stroke, blow, cut, strike; wound, gash, injurymulcōto beat up, handle roughly; to damage, injuremalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad; unpleasant to the senses, sight, smell, taste, touch; bad, evil, wicked, m
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bang s.
percussio; percussus; plaga [Vid: BLOW]: a bang on the head, percussio capitis: a bang at the door, pulsus ostii.
A noise, ingens fragor, or ingens sonitus.
bang v.
pulsare aliquid aliqua re: percutere aliquid aliqua re: to bang one’s head against the wall, caput illidere or impingere parieti; i. e, with a murderous intention from despair: to bang anybody with fists, aliquem pugnis cadere or colaphis pulsare: with a stick, aliquem fusti verberare: to be an adept in banging and beating, ad pulsandos verberandosque homines exercitatissimum esse: to bang or drub soundly, mulcare, with or without male.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bang?
- The usual Latin words for “bang” are percussiō, percutiō, plāga; also mulcō, malus. 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.