English → Latin
“dagger” in Latin
pūgiōa daggersīcaa dagger, dirk, poniard; the edge of a boar's tusksīcāriusassassin, contract killer, murderer
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dagger
pugio (general term for dagger, as a weapon; not regularly employed for murder): sica (the secret weapon of bandits, sicarii). To draw one’s dagger., sicam vibrare; against anybody, sicam intentare alicui; pugione petere aliquem: to stab anybody with a dagger, aliquem pugione percutere: at daggers drawing, rixantes inter se: ad depugnandum instructi et parati: to be at daggers drawing, jurgiis certare inter se: acerrime rixari inter se: with anybody, certare cum aliquo pugnaciter; summa contentione cum aliquo pugnare; tanta contentione cum aliquo pugnare, ut res ad manus atque ad pugnam ventura videatur.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dagger?
- The usual Latin words for “dagger” are pūgiō, sīca, sīcārius. 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.