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“conflict” in Latin
cōnflīgōto strike together, to make collide; to contend, combat, engage; to argue or disagreemanushand; bravery, valor; violence, fightingproeliuma battle, combat, conflict; warriors taken collectively; a contest, strifecōnflīctōto assail, harass, distress or torment; to buffetlū̆ctorto struggle, strive, contend; to wrestle, fightpugnōto fight, combat, battle, engage; to contend, conflict, oppose, contradict; to endeavour, struggle, strivecertōto match, vie with, emulate; to fight, wrestle; to contend, compete, raceconcertōto fight or contend; to dispute or debatecontendōto hurry; to stretch, draw tight, make taut, strain; to place together in comparison, compare, contrastdēcernōto decide, decide upon, settle, determine (especially something disputed or doubtful); to pronounce a decision concernin
The English word conflict itself goes back to Latin flīgō, through cōnflīctus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
conflict v.
Come into hostile collision, confligere, with or without armis, manu, proelio (to fight, with reference to the violence and not the nature of the arms; of any violent conflict), with anybody, cum aliquo, or with one another, inter se: conflictari, with anybody, cum aliquo (to fight about; also, figuratively, to struggle with adversity, cum adversa fortuna): luctari, with anybody, cum aliquo (as a wrestler, for instance; also figuratively e.g., cum fluctibus): pugnare (to fight: general term): certare: concertare: contendere (mostly with addition of armis, proelio, acie, verbis): decernere (mostly with armis, ferro, proelio, acie): dimicare (mostly with proelio, acie): digladiari (all these verbs also, with anybody, cum aliquo, or with one another, together, inter se): proeliari: proelium or pugnam facere or edere [SYN. in FIGHT, Vid:] .
To be at variance or inconsistent with, alicui rei repugnare or adversari; cum aliqua re pugnare or discrepare: to be conflicting (of words, evidence, etc.). inter se pugnare, repugnare, discrepare, or dissidere. Conflicting, pugnans, repugnans (of things).
conflict
battle, engagement, pugna: proelium. acies: proelii dimicatio: proelii concursus or congressus only [Vid: BATTLE]
Act of contending, contest, certatio (contest with anybody, as action, as well in general as before a court): concertatio (the conflict of two or several persons, the dispute): certamen (contest as thing): contentio (a dispute carried on with violence): pugna (the conflict with regard to opinions; of litterati, Cic., De Div., 2, 51, in.: hic quanta pugna est doctissimorum hominum): discrepantia: repugnantia (conflicting nature of opinions, etc.). Vid. CONTEST, STRUGGLE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for conflict?
- The usual Latin words for “conflict” are cōnflīgō, manus, proelium; also cōnflīctō, lū̆ctor, pugnō. 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.