English → Latin
“discord” in Latin
absonusharsh, discordant; unsuitable, incongruous, incompatible with (coupled with dative or a/ab + ablative)discrepōto disagree (with), differ or varydiscordiadisagreement, dissension, variance, discorddissēnsiōdisagreement, quarrel; dissension, conflictsimultāsdissension, enmity, rivalry, feud, jealousy, grudge; contest for a prize, strife, competitiondiscidiumseparation, divorce; discord, disagreementdissonusdissonant, discordant, confused; disagreeing, different; jarringvideōto see, perceive; look (at); to observe, note; to understand, perceive, comprehenddiscordōto disagree, quarrel (with)dissideōto sit apart; to be divided, separate or remote from; to disagree, think differently; to be unlike, different or dissimi
The English word discord itself goes back to Latin cor, through discordia.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
discord
PROPR. In music, discrepans in fidibus aut tibiis concentus (Vid: Cic., de Rep., 2, 42), or by neuter of dissonus and absonus, or circumlocution; as absonum, dissonum quiddam canere: to perceive no discord in anything, in aliqua re nihil absonum deprehendere: a good ear perceives the slightest discord in instrumental music, in fidibus, quamquam paullum discrepent, tamen id a sciente animadverti solet: to guard against any possible discord, videre, ne forte quid discrepet.
FIG., Want of agreement, symmetry, discrepantia (Vid: Cic., Off., 1, 31, 111).
Disagreement, discordia: dissensio: simultas: dissidium (☞ Not discidium). [Vid: DISAGREEMENT]. To sow the seeds of discord, to sow discord, discordiam concitare; semina discordiarum, or odiorum, jacere (spargere): discordias serere; among citizens, civiles discordias serere; civium dissensiones commovere or accendere: now at last let all discord cease, sit discordiarum finis aliquando.
discord v.
discordare (ab aliqua re; a se; one with another, inter se): dissidere (with ab, cum, inter se or absolutely): dissonare (very rare; not pre-Augustan, Vitr. and Col.): discrepare (seldom PROP., ab, cum; sibi, inter se, or absolutely). “The one jarring and discording with the other.” (Bacon), discordes inter se. Vid: To DISAGREE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for discord?
- The usual Latin words for “discord” are absonus, discrepō, discordia; also dissēnsiō, simultās, discidium. 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.