English → Latin
“dent” in Latin
crēnaincision, notchincīsiōcutting into, incision.; a pause in a verse, caesuraincidōto fall or drop; to fall upon, meet, come upon (by chance), happen on, fall in with; to fall upon, attack, assaultuōto put on (clothes etc.); don.
The English word dent itself goes back to Latin dēns.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dent s.
crena (the proper word; also the notch in the arrow whereby it is fixed on the string; Greek γλυφίς, Onomast. Vet., Plin., 11, 37, 68, Sillig.): incisio; incisura (general term for incision; the former only as an act; the latter also as a thing; e.g., in the hand, in insects, on leaves, etc.). ☞ Not stria, which is the channel or flute of a pillar. To make a dent in anything, incidere aliquid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dent?
- The usual Latin words for “dent” are crēna, incīsiō, incidō; also uō. 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.