English → Latin
“border” in Latin
margōborder, margin, edgeōsmouth; (in general) head or face; (in general) facial features, countenance, appearancelabrumlip; edge, margin, brim, liplimbusA border, edge; hem, fringe, tassel; limbofīnisend; limit, border, bound boundary, frontier; boundaries, bounds, frontiers; by extension, territory, region, landscōnfīnisbordering on, adjoining, contiguousscūtuma type of shield: the scutum, the large oblong wooden shield carried by the Roman infantry; a shield; shield-bearing solliberbook; the inner bark of a treemarginōto (act as a) border, enclosecingōto surround, circle, ring, encircle; to gird on; to crown or garland
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
border s.
margo (scuti, libri, etc.): ora (broader than margo): labrum (of a ditch, for instance), limbus (on a garment).
Boundary, finis, confinium. Borders, fines (also for the land itself). To dwell upon the borders of two lands, finem sub utrumque habitare. Soldiers stationed on the borders, limitanei milites.
border v.
a., marginare; cingere, circumdare, coercere aliqua re. A bordered garment, vestis limbata, segmentata.
To border upon (of people), finitimum, vicinum, confinem esse alicui.
Of lands, adjacere, imminere alicui terrae; tangere, attingere, contingere terram. Bordering, finitimus, vicinus, confinis; subjectus or conjunctus alicui loco. To border together, se invicem contingere. Falsehoods border on truth, falsa veris finitima sunt.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for border?
- The usual Latin words for “border” are margō, ōs, labrum; also limbus, fīnis, cōnfīnis. 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.