English → Latin
“hammer” in Latin
malleushammer, mallet; a disease of animals; the malleus, a small bone in the middle earmalleolusA small hammer or mallet.; A mallet-shoot or hammer-shaped slip or cutting; literally, a “little hammer.” A propagation contundōto beat or pound to a pulp; to bruise, make sore; to utterly subduedūcōto lead, guide, conduct, lead away; to take; to draw, pullcūdōto strike, beat, pound, knock; to stamp, coin (money)prōcūdōto fashion by hammering, to make by hammering; to hammer out, forge; to form, produceēnsissword, brand; war; defenderdolusdeception, deceit, fraud, guile, treachery, trickery; evil intent; malice; wrongdoing (with a view to the consequences);comminīscorto devise, contrive, invent
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
hammer s.
malleus: malleolus (a small hammer): ☞ tudes is unusual: portisculus was an instrument in the shape of a hammer, with which the time was beaten in a galley, for the rowers to pull their oars.
hammer v.
malleo tundere or contundere (general term): malleolo ferire aliquid (Caes..): ducere (to lengthen by beating with a hammer): cudere (to beat fiat).
To forge, procudere (e.g., enses) [Vid: FORGE].
IMPROPR., To be always hammering at the same point, uno opere eandem incudem diem noctemque tundere (Cic., De Or., 2, 29, 162): verberibus inculcare (to hammer anything into anybody).
To work in the mind, procudere (e.g., dolos, Plaut., Pseud., 2, 2, 20): to hammer out a scheme, etc., comminisci (e.g., dolum, mendacium): coquere: concoquere (e.g. consilia).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for hammer?
- The usual Latin words for “hammer” are malleus, malleolus, contundō; also dūcō, cūdō, prōcūdō. 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.