English → Latin
“breach” in Latin
rumpōto break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open; to break, split, rupture, burst; to break; break off, tscindōto cut, tear; to rend or break asunder; carve; split, divide or separate by force; to tear off one's travelling cloak; uviolātiōviolation, profanationdiscordiadisagreement, dissension, variance, discorddiscidiumseparation, divorce; discord, disagreementtrānscendōto climb, pass, cross or step over; to overstep, surpass, exceed or transcend
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
breach
of a fortification, munimentorum ruinae, jacentis muri ruinae. To make a breach in the wall, tormentis machinisque (with cannon, etc.) perfringere ac subruere murum, muri partem (ariete incusso) subruere. To enter the city by a breach, per apertum ruina ita in urbem invadere or transcendere. To repair the breaches, muros quassos reficere.
Any opening caused by breaking, ruptum, scissum. To make a breach in a thing, aliquid frangere, rumpere, dirumpere.
Violation, violatio. Breach of a league, foederis violatio; violatum or ruptum foedus. Breach of friendship, amicitae violatio; amicitia violata. To commit a breach of peace (make war), pacis fidem rumpere, pacem turbare. To consider it as a breach of the league, if, etc, pro rupto foedus habere, si, etc. Without a breach of duty, salvo officio. It is a breach of duty, contra officium est. To commit a breach of duty, ab officio discedere or recedere; officio suo deesse; officium praetermittere, negligere, deserere; ab religione officii in aliqua re declinare.
Falling out, discordia, dissidium. It comes to a breach. res ad discordias deducitur, discordia oritur.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for breach?
- The usual Latin words for “breach” are rumpō, scindō, violātiō; also discordia, discidium, trānscendō. 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.