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“frontier” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

frontier
in the plur., fines: *locus utrumque sub finem situs (the place where two countries are divided, after Hor., Sat., 2, 1, 35) [Vid: BOUNDARY]: confinium (the place where two territories, etc., touch one another, and which thus determines the border). To dwell on a frontier, utrumque sub finem habitare (after Hor., Sat., 2, 1, 35): a frontier fortress, castellum finem sub utrumque structum or positum (after Hor., Sat., 2, 1, 35): a fontier river, flumen, quod utrumque sub finem fertur (that flows along the frontier of two countries, after Hor., Sat., 2, 1, 35): a ditch, dividing the fontiers, fossa finem sub utrumque ducta (after Hor., Sat., 2, 1, 35): a fontier town, urbs utrumque sub finem sita (after Hor., Sat., 2, 1, 35): soldiers quartered on the fontiers, milites limitanei (late): a dispute about fontiers, controversia finalis: jurgium finale (Leg. Agr., p. 341 and 342, Goes.): to have or to be involved in such differences, de finibus ambigere: there is some misunderstanding on the question respecting the fontier, de finibus controversia est.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for frontier?
The usual Latin words for “frontier” are fīnis, cōnfīnis, pōnō; also flūmen. 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.