English → Latin
“cuff” in Latin
pugnusa fist; a hand with all fingers curled up; a fistful, handfulcolaphusa blow with the fist; cuffalapaslap, smack (with the flat of the hand)limbusA border, edge; hem, fringe, tassel; limbomanicalong sleeve of a tunic, covering up to the hand; manacles, handcuffs; a grappling-iron, used to hook enemy ships
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cuff s.
A blow, pugnus: colaphus (κόλαφος, i. e., blow with the fist in anybody’s face): alapa (with the flat hand). to deal or give anybody a cuff [Vid: To CUFF]: to come to fisticuffs, res venit ad manus: ad manum accedere.
The end of a sleeve, (perhaps) limbus.
Handcuffs, manica.
cuff v.
TR., pugnum or colaphum alicui impingere: aliquem pugnis caedere: aliquem colaphis pulsare: pugneo hospitio accipere aliquem (comedy).
INTR., pugnis certare or inter se contendere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cuff?
- The usual Latin words for “cuff” are pugnus, colaphus, alapa; also limbus, manica. 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.