English → Latin
“chap” in Latin
findōto cleave, break up, separate, divide, split, part; to split, burst; to dividescindōto cut, tear; to rend or break asunder; carve; split, divide or separate by force; to tear off one's travelling cloak; urīmaa cleft, crack, fissure, chink; the vulva, female genitaliarhăgădesa kind of sores
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
chap v.
INTR., rimas fieri pati: rimas agere: fissura dehiscere, findi
Of the skin, scindi: TR., findere.
chap s.
rima.
Of the skin, rhagades, rhagadia, plur.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for chap?
- The usual Latin words for “chap” are findō, scindō, rīma; also rhăgădes. 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.