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“harry” in Latin

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

harry v.
Strip, pillage, Vid:
Vex, tease, Vid: HARSH,
Rough, durus (general term, not soft; hence not pleasing to the ear, the eye; of a voice, tone, painting, etc., also of poets, painters, etc., who are guilty of such harshness): asper (rough; that wants the proper smoothness and elegance to the hearing and the sight): ferreus (of writers whose expression is harsh): horridus, diminutive, horridulus (a higher degree of asper): inconditus (harsh from want of smoothing them off; opposed to levis): salebrosus: confragosus (both, figuratively, of rugged style): somewhat harsh, duriusculus (e.g., a verse): the expressions of Cato were somewhat harsh, horridiora erant Catonis verba.
Rough to the taste, austerus (αὐστηρός, that makes the tongue dry and rough, not pleasant, sour; opposed to dulcis; also figuratively, e.g., not pleasant; e.g., labor): acerbus (that draws the mouth together, disagreeably harsh, opposed to suavis; especially like ὄμφαξ, of unripe fruits, in respect of the taste; then figuratively, e.g., that occasions painful sensation): amarus (bitter, πικρός; opposed to dulcis; also figuratively, e.g., disagreeable, unpleasant; e.g., leges): asper (PROP., rough, and of flavour = pungent, biting; then figuratively, of persons; e.g., that act harshly; and of things, e.g., that cause sensible pain; opposed to lenis). Somewhat harsh, subausterus; austerulus: a harsh flavor, sapor amarus, austerus, acerbus (in this order, Plin., 15, 27, 32).
Harsh in sound, absonus (having a wrong sound): absurdus (sounding painfully or disagreeably): vox admodum absona et absurda (Cic., as cause and effect).
Harsh = i. e., severe, durus: asper: asperi animi (rough): immitis (not mild): severus (severe, strict): acerbus (without compassion, not compassionate): atrox (fearful, inhuman, very severe; rather poetical): harsh person, homo durus; vir severitatis durae (of inexorable severity); homo asper (rough to those about him): a harsh reply, *responsum asperum: to give a harsh reply, *asperius respondere or (in writing) rescribere: to write in harsh terms, asperius or asperioribus verbis scribere: to speak of anybody in very harsh terms, asperrime loqui de aliquo: to apply a harsher expression to anything, durius appellare aliquid: not to use a harsher term, ne duriore verbo utar: a harsh punishment, poena gravis or iniqua; supplicium acerbum or acre: to inflict a harsh punishment on anybody, to punish anybody harshly, graviter statuere or vindicare in aliquem: harsh in censuring and punishing, in animadversione poenaque durus (of a man): in a harsh manner, Vid: HARSHLY.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for harry?
The usual Latin words for “harry” are dūrus, asper, ferreus; also horridus, horridulus, inconditus. 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.