English → Latin
“bump” in Latin
tumorthe state of being swollen; swelling; tumor; the swell of the seatūbera hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence; the cyclamen or other similar plants with tuberous roots; a truffle (oculuseye; sight, vision; luminary of the sun and starscrūslegtūberculumdiminutive of tūber; a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercleillīdōto strike or dash upon or against; to thump or bump against
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bump
tumor (general term for swelling; oculorum, crurum): tuber (protuberating excrescence; hunch, boil, PROP. a truffle). A little bump, tuberculum.
bump v.
TR., aliquid offendere ad aliquid (accidentally): aliquid illidere or impingere alicui rei (purposely). To bump my head against the door, caput ad fores offendere. To bump his head severely against the wall, caput parieti ingenti impetu impingere. INTR., offendere aliquid, illidi or impingi alicui rei.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bump?
- The usual Latin words for “bump” are tumor, tūber, oculus; also crūs, tūberculum, illīdō. 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.