English → Latin
“coast” in Latin
lītusstrand, shore, beachōsmouth; (in general) head or face; (in general) facial features, countenance, appearanceactaseashore, beach; holidayōraborder, rim, frontier, limit, edge; coast, coastline, seacoast, shoreline; region, country
The English word coast itself goes back to Latin costa.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
coast
litus (as the line of coast): ora (as a more extended space, bordering on the sea). To lie at anchor off a coast, in salo navem tenere in ancoris OBS., acta (= litus) should not be used except with reference to Greek history, etc. [according to Döderlein’s Synonyms, “coast as presenting agreeable views, a pleasant risidence,” etc.] Towns on the coast, urbes maritimae.
coast v.
To coast by a place, oram or locum aliquem praetervehi (passing by and leaving it): oram legere (creeping along by it). Vid: “sail by,” under SAIL.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for coast?
- The usual Latin words for “coast” are lītus, ōs, acta; also ōra. 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.