English → Latin
“brandish” in Latin
lībrōto poise, balance; to swing, brandish, hurl, cast, fling; to consider, weigh, pondervibrōto shake, agitate, brandish; to launch, hurl; to threatencoruscōto shake, brandish, wave, move about; to shake, vibrate, flit; to strike or flash lightningrotōto turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandishquatiōto shake, agitate, batter, shatter, demolish, overthrow, rend; to wield, brandish; to move, touch, excite, affectquassōto shake repeatedly, to quake; to wave or flourish; to weakencrispōto curl, crimp; to make rough or variegated; strew or plant (with); to swing, brandishhastaa spear, lance, pike, carried by soldiers and used for thrusting
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
brandish
librare (hastam, to raise it in a horizontal direction, in order to hurl it with greater force and a surer aim): vibrare (to brandish it backward and forward, or up and down, in order to testify an eager desire for the combat): coruscare (to make a weapon gleam): rotare (to whirl it round and round): quatere, quassare, crispare (to wave, shake, flourish).
FIG., to brandish syllogisms, conclusiunculas vibrare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for brandish?
- The usual Latin words for “brandish” are lībrō, vibrō, coruscō; also rotō, quatiō, quassō. 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.