English → Latin
“fore” in Latin
antīquusold, ancient; aged; time-honoured, bygonepriuspreviously; beforeexteron the outside, outward, external, outer, far, remote; of another country; foreign, strangeadversusfacing, opposite; towards; againstprīmōrisfirst; foremost; closest to the front; earliest; chief; principaldēnsa tooth; a tooth, point, spike, prong, tine, fluke, or any tooth-like projection; tooth of envy, envy, ill will
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fore
anticus (that is in front, opposed to posticus; e.g., part of a house, pars aedium): prior (that is the first; opposed to posterior; e.g., the fore-feet, priores pedes): exterior (the outer, opposed to interior; e.g., wall, vallum exterius): adversus (that is opposite, opposed to aversus; e.g., teeth, dentes): primores (those or such as occupy the first place or rank; e.g., teeth, dentes): ☞ anterior is not classic; Vid: Ruhnken, ad Muret., Op., 2, p. 924.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fore?
- The usual Latin words for “fore” are antīquus, prius, exter; also adversus, prīmōris, dēns. 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.