English → Latin
“hamper” in Latin
corbisbasket; basketfulfiscinasmall wicker basket (for fruit etc); punnetcoartōto press together, compress, contract, confine; to abridge, shorten (of time); to abridge, compress (of discourse)implicōto entangle, entwine; to infold, envelop, encircle; to embraceimpediōto hinder, impede, prevent, obstruct, hamper, thwart; to embarrass
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
hamper
corbis: fiscina. [SYN. in BASKET] ☞ sirpea or scirpea = the wicker-work of a waggon.
hamper v.
coartare: in angustias compellere [Vid: To CONFINE]: implicare (to entangle): impedire (to hinder, ab aliqua re, or aliqua re; not in aliqua re): impedimento esse alicui: impedimentum afferre alicui rei faciendae: retardare aliquem (ad aliquid faciendum; ab aliqua re facienda; in aliqua re): To hamper one’s self, implicari aliqua re; se impedire aliqua re. To be hampered by anything, implicari or se impedire aliqua re: se illaqueare aliqua re; by some troublesome business, molestis negotiis implicari; by a war, bello illigatum esse; by a suit at law, lite implicari; in causam deduct.
To clog, to catch with allurements; Vid: To ALLURE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for hamper?
- The usual Latin words for “hamper” are corbis, fiscina, coartō; also implicō, impediō. 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.