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“clash” in Latin
collīdōto clash, strike, dash, beat, or press together; to conflict or contendconcurrōto run with others, flock together; to meet, clash, dash together, strike one another; to take refugerepugnōto fight against; to oppose; to resist or defend oneselfdiscrepōto disagree (with), differ or varydissideōto sit apart; to be divided, separate or remote from; to disagree, think differently; to be unlike, different or dissimiincrepōto rattle, twang or make a similar noise; to cause to give forth a sound, sound, resound; to rebuke, chide, protest, comconcursiōconcurrence, juxtaposition (of inanimate objects); symplocecōnflīctiōcollision; clash, contest, conflictpugnaa fight, battle, combat, action; a line of battle, troops drawn up for battle; a contest, dispute, quarreldīversitāscontradiction; diversity, difference
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
clash
TR., collidere. INTR. :
PROPR., dash against each other, collidi (inter se): concurrere inter se (run together; e.g., of two ships): with anything, offendere aliquid. IMPR.,
in a hostile manner, inter se collidi (of things): concurrere: together, inter se; with anybody, cum aliquo (in conflict; e.g., of soldiers). To clash (of litters), aspere concurrere: if two consonants clash together, si binae consonantes collidantur (Quint., 9, 4, 37): inter se concurrere (of simply coming together; but Krebs is wrong in saying that collidere is never used of letters and syllables).
Be at variance; be inconsistent, inter se pugnare, repugnare, discrepare or dissidere. His actions clash with his words, facta ejus cum dictis discrepant. The answers (of the witnesses) clash, non congruentia respondent. Take care not to put together “clashing metaphors,” id in primis est custodiendum ut, quo ex genere coeperis translationis, hoc desinas (Quint.). “Clashing metaphors” (Addison), inconsequentia translationum (after Quint., B, 6, 50).
To make a clashing sound, increpare (of arms, Ov.; of a discus, Cic.).
clash s.
CLASHING, s. collision, concursio: concursus (the running together; e.g., of ships, enemies, etc., the former as act, the latter as state or thing): conflictio (Cic. and Quintilian, e.g., duorum inter se corporum, Quint.). The clashing together of letters, litterarum aspera concursio (Cic.): collisus (Plin.), collisio (Just.), are both post-Augustan.
Discrepance; hostile opposition, etc., repugnantia: pugna: discrepantia (e.g., scripti et voluntatis): diversitas.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for clash?
- The usual Latin words for “clash” are collīdō, concurrō, repugnō; also discrepō, dissideō, increpō. 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.