English → Latin
“between” in Latin
interbetween, among; during, whileīnferuslow; the souls of the dead; the netherworld, the underworld, HellintervallumThe open space within the vallum of a camp or between palisades or ramparts.; interval, distance; interval of time, paus
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
between
inter. Between the city and the Tiber, inter urbem ac Tiberim. Between hope and fear, inter spem metumque.
Also by other turns of expression: Between the armies lay a bridge, pons in medio erat. To see all above, beneath, between, omnia supera, infera, media videre. A plain lies between the city and the river, planities urbem et fluvium dirimit. A space between, intervallum, spatium interjectum; tempus interjectum. The nose set between the eyes, nasus oculis interjectus. There is a friendship between you and him, tibi cum illo amicitia est: intercedit illi tecum amicitia: there is a likeness between us, inter nos similes sumus. Many words passed between us, multa verba ultro citroque habita sunt. To make a distinction between two things, duas res discernere. Between ourselves, quod inter nos liceat dicere: this is between ourselves, haec tu tecum habeto; hoc tibi soli dictum puta.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for between?
- The usual Latin words for “between” are inter, īnferus, intervallum. 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.