English → Latin
“fracture” in Latin
frangōto break, shatter; to break, shatter (a promise, a treaty, someone's ideas (dreams, projects), someone's spirit); to breōsmouth; (in general) head or face; (in general) facial features, countenance, appearanceforto speak, talk, sayfemurthigh; thighbone; the loins; capacity to produce childrencōnfringōto break into pieces; to destroydēfringōto break off (destroy by breaking)coxahip (joint), hipbone; thighcrūsleg
The English word fracture itself goes back to Latin frangō, through frāctūra.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fracture s.
fractura (e.g., of a bone, ossis). Fracture of the bone, fractum os (i. e., the fractured bone itself). Fracture of the thigh, fractum crus or femur (i. e., the broken thigh itself); fractum cruris or femoris (the fracture of the shin or thigh; all Cels., 8, 10, in. and No. 5): fracture of the arm, fractum brachium (the fractured arm itself, after Cels., 8, 10, No. 3); fractura brachii (the fracture of the arm; after Cels., 8, 10, in.).
fracture v.
frangere: confringere: defringere (Plaut.: crura aut cervices sibi). To fracture one’s arm, thigh, etc., frangere brachium, coxam, crus, etc. To set a fractured limb, Vid: To SET.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fracture?
- The usual Latin words for “fracture” are frangō, ōs, for; also femur, cōnfringō, dēfringō. 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.