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“grenade, grenado” in Latin

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

grenade, grenado
pila rebus, quae sunt ad incendia, completa (Caes., B.G., 3, 101): *pila pulvere nitrato completa: to fire grenades, *pilas, etc., mittere.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for grenade, grenado?
The usual Latin words for “grenade, grenado” are compleō, mittō. 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.