English → Latin
“dint” in Latin
nōtusfamiliar, customary, in common use; widely known, famous, well-known; of great renown, illustrious, celebrated, notoriouvībexwound left by a lash, weal or weltincidōto fall or drop; to fall upon, meet, come upon (by chance), happen on, fall in with; to fall upon, attack, assaultatterōto wear away, rub away; to grind; to chafestringōto draw tight together, to tie together; to pull or strip off, cut off, pluck off, clip off, prune; to unsheathcutisliving human skin; rind, surface; the appearance, outside of something
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dint
Blow, stroke, Vid :
Force, in such expressions as “by dint of” war, exertions, arguments, etc.: mostly by the simple ablative; sometimes by non sine. To try to refute anybody by dint of arguments, aliquem argumentis refellere conari: by dint of great exertions or indtistry, non sine summa industria.
Mark of a blow, etc., nota: vibex (weal).
dint v.
notam imprimere (to mark): incidere (to cut in): atterere: stringere (of cords, etc.: e.g., cutem).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dint?
- The usual Latin words for “dint” are nōtus, vībex, incidō; also atterō, stringō, cutis. 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.