English → Latin
“bound” in Latin
fīnisend; limit, border, bound boundary, frontier; boundaries, bounds, frontiers; by extension, territory, region, landsterminusa boundary, limit, end; word, term, definition; due date, a time to convenelīmesa limit set between two estates or fields, border, boundary; a fortified boundary line, a boundary wall; a boundary, bormodusmeasure; bound, limit, end; manner (of doing or being arranged), way (of doing or being arranged), methodcancellia latticecircumscrībōto draw a line around, enclose in a circle, circumscribe; to enclose, limit, bound, restrain, hem in; to abate, subsidemoderorto set a measure or bounds to; moderate, mitigate, allay, qualify.; to restrain; to manage, arrange, regulate, rule, guitemperōto divide duly, qualify, temper, moderate; to combine, compound or blend properly; to rule, regulate, govern, manage, arcoërceōto enclose on all sides, hold together; surround, encompass; to curb, restrain, tame, correct, appease; to restrain, keereprimōto repress; to check, prevent or restrain
The English word bound itself goes back to Latin bombus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bound
boundary, limit, finis, terminus, limes; modus (due measure): cancelli (barrier, PROP. and figuratively). To fix the bounds, fines terminare, fines constituere. To fix bounds to something (PROP. aitd figuratively), terminos, modum ponere alicui rei. To set bounds to a thing (figitratively), modum facere alicui rei. To go beyond the bounds, fines transire (PROP. and figuratively): extra fines or cancellos egredi, modum excedere (figuratively). To keep one’s self within the bounds of modesty, fines verecundiae non transire. To keep force one within bounds, coercere, continere, constringere aliquem. To keep one’s self within bounds, se cohibere; coercere cupiditatea.
bound
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Set bounds to, terminis circumscribere; terminos statuere alicui rei.
Confine, restrain, circumscribere, moderari, temperare, modum facere (alicui rei), coercere, reprimere.
bound
to spring, salire. Bound up. exsilire, exsultare. To bound into the saddle, in equum insilire.
Rebound, resilire, resultare, repelli, repercuti, recellere.
bound s.
saltus; exsultatio (a bounding up): repercussus (rebound).
bound
To be bound any whither, aliquo ire; aliquo tendere. Whither are you bound? quo tendis? quo te agis? quo cogitas or vis (scilicet, ire)?
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bound?
- The usual Latin words for “bound” are fīnis, terminus, līmes; also modus, cancelli, circumscrībō. 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.