English → Latin
“heel” in Latin
calxlimestone; chalk; the finish linecalcitrōto strike with the heel (or foot); to kick (of an animal)gaudiumjoy, delightlāborto slip, slide, glide; (of fluids) to flow gently; to fall, sink down; to slip, stumble
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
heel s.
calx. To be at anybody’s heels, instare alicujus vestigiis: alicujus vestigia premere: aliquem vestigiis sequi: I shall be always at his heels, me sibi ille affixum habebit: to take to one’s heels, in pedes se conjicere; a pedibus auxilium perere; terga dare (especially of soldiers): to lay anybody by the heels [Vid: To IMPRISON]: to be out at heels, *laceratis tibialibus muniri: to trip up anybody’s heels, supplantare aliquem (PROP.); circumscribere aliquem (to get an advantage over him by some trick, etc.): to kick up one’s heels, calcitrare (e.g., of a horse); from joy, gaudio or laetitia exsultare; triumphare gaudio. Neck and heels, mostly by adjective, praeceps (headlong), for which Catullus has per caput pedesque (17, 9).
Of a shoe, probably, calx. Shoes with high heels, Vid: HIGH-HEELED.
heel v.
To heel over (of ships), *in latus inclinari: labare (of the unsteadiness of a ship without ballast, Ov., Met., 2, 163).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for heel?
- The usual Latin words for “heel” are calx, calcitrō, gaudium; also lābor. 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.