English → Latin
“contuse” in Latin
ēlīdōto knock, dash or strike out; to tear, force or squeeze out; to shatter or crushcontundōto beat or pound to a pulp; to bruise, make sore; to utterly subdueobterōto bruise, crush or break to pieces; to degrade, disgrace, contemn, disparage, ravage, destroypēsa place to tread one's foot: territory, ground, soil; a rope attached to a sail in order to set; tempo, pace, timepugnaa fight, battle, combat, action; a line of battle, troops drawn up for battle; a contest, dispute, quarrel
The English word contuse itself goes back to Latin tundō, through contundere.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
contuse
elidere (e.g., the foot, pedem): contundere (e.g., aliquem fustibus, pugnis; alicujus faciem palma, Juv.): obterere (by trampling on it): sugillare (to strike on the face so as to leave a bruise; ☞ Schneid., Gr. Lex., on ὑπώπιον).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for contuse?
- The usual Latin words for “contuse” are ēlīdō, contundō, obterō; also pēs, pugna. 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.