English → Latin
“curve” in Latin
curvusbent, crooked, curved; aged (of a person); wrongcurvōto crook, bend, bow, curveincurvusbent, bowed, crooked, curvedincurvōto bend inwards, bow, curveflectōto bend, curve or bow; to deviate, distract; to turn or curlīnflectōto bend, curve, bow; to turn aside; to alter, influence, affect
The English word curve itself goes back to Latin curvus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
curve
curvus: curvatus: incurvus.
curve v.
curvare: incurvare: flectere: inflectere (to bend inwards): Vid: also, To BEND.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for curve?
- The usual Latin words for “curve” are curvus, curvō, incurvus; also incurvō, flectō, īnflectō. 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.