English → Latin
“discontinue” in Latin
omittōto let go, allow to pass by, let fall or let loose; to lay aside, give up, abandon, neglect or disregard; to omit, leavedīmittōto send away, send forth, send off, dismiss, let go; to renounce, give up, abandon, forego, forsake; to pardon, forgive,dēsinōto leave off, give over, give up; to cease, desist, stop; to stop, end, close, make an endintermittōto interrupt; to stop (temporarily); to omittollōto raise, lift up, elevate; to remove, take away, steal, rob; to destroy, eliminate, annulaboleōto retard, check the growth of; to destroy, efface, terminate; to die, decayarsart, skill, craft, handicraft; trade, occupation, employment; cunning, artifice, fraud, stratagem
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
discontinue
omittere: dimittere (to leave off entirely): abjicere (to give up, not to continue): desinere (to practice no longer; e.g., artem): desistere re or a re (to desist from a thing): intermittere (to leave off for some time): tollere, abolere (to remove, abolish): to discontinue a siege [Vid: SIEGE]; to discontinue a journey, iter supprimere: to discontinue a building, aedificationem abjicere: to discontinue a war, ab armis recedere: to discontinue a custom, morem solvere or abrogare: to discontinue a dissolute course of life, dissolutiori vitae modum ponere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for discontinue?
- The usual Latin words for “discontinue” are omittō, dīmittō, dēsinō; also intermittō, tollō, aboleō. 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.