English → Latin
“ejection” in Latin
ēiectiōejection; expulsion; spitting of bloodexspŭĭtĭoa spitting outexscrĕātĭoa hawkingdēiectiōejection (from land), eviction; purging; degradationexpulsiōexpulsion (driving out)exāctiōexpulsion; requirement; tax, tribute, impostsanguī̆sblood; descent, descendant, parentage, progeny, blood relative, flesh-and-blood, family, race; blood (consanguinity)
The English word ejection itself goes back to Latin iaciō, through eiectio.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
ejection
ejectio (casting forth; e.g., sanguinis, Vitr.): exspuitio: exscreatio (of spitting forth; e.g., blood): dejectio (sc. alvi).
As legal term for expulsion, dejectio (Cic., pro Caecin., 30, 57; ejectment from a property): expulsio: exactio: ejectio (also from context = banishment from a state). Vid: EXPULSION.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for ejection?
- The usual Latin words for “ejection” are ēiectiō, exspŭĭtĭo, exscrĕātĭo; also dēiectiō, expulsiō, exāctiō. 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.