English → Latin
“disunite” in Latin
disiungōto disjoin, disunite, separate, part, divide; to unharness, unyokedirimōto separate, divide, take apart; to interrupt, disturb, delay; to frustrate, destroydissociōto put out of union, to disjoin, to disuniteōrdōa methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series; a class, station, condition, rank; a group or
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
disunite
TRANS.
To separate, disjungere: dirimere: dissociare, etc. [Vid: To SEPARATE.]
To part friends, etc., discordes reddere: dissociare (to disturb the social relationship between two or more individuals): aliquorum concordiam disjungere (e.g., of the different classes in a state, ordinum; Cic.): To disunite persons, dissociare, disjungere aliquem ab aliquo or a familiaritate alicujus: alienare aliquem or voluntatem alicujus ab aliquo: distrahere aliquem a aliquo. To be disunited, dissociari: alienari ab aliquo: distrain cum aliquo: discordare: they are disunited, discordia inter eos orta est; discordant inter se; discordes inter se facti sunt: to reconcile friends that have been disunited by the wickedness of men, distractos perfidia hominum amicos rursus in pristinam concordiam reducere: the disunited citizens, dissociati animi civium or patria discordans (the state itself; Tac., Ann., 1, 9, 2): a state disunited by party feelings, civitas aliorum alias partes foventium factionibus discors (Liv., 33, 48, extr.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for disunite?
- The usual Latin words for “disunite” are disiungō, dirimō, dissociō; also ōrdō. 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.