English → Latin
“hew” in Latin
dolōto hew, chop into shape; to fashion, devisedēdolōto hew away or smoothēdolōto hew out, cut out; to prepare, finishcaedōto cut, hew, fell; to strike, beat; to kill, to murdersecōto cut, cut off; to cleave, divide; to operate, amputate, perform surgeryasciōto work or prepare with a trowellapisstone; milestone; boundary stonecircumdolōto hew or cut off around
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
hew v.
(ascia) dolare: dedolare: edolare (to hew into shape with the axe, from the roughest slate; asciare = to work well with the trowel, in Vitr., 7, 2, 2; exasciare only in the participle, exasciatus, figuratively, well prepared, Plaut., Asin., 2, 2, 93): ascia polire (to make smooth with the axe): caedere (to hew down a tree; to hew out a stone): secare (to cut; to hew into a state for use; e.g., stones, lapides): to hew round about, circumdolare (with the axe): this wood cannot be hewn, respuit haec materia secures. Hewn stone, saxum quadratum (hewn and squared).
Cut down, Vid: HEWER, Hewer of wood, qui ligna caedit: lignator (who hews it and fetches it in, etc., for an army). ☞ According to Varr. (L.L.), lignicida was never in use. Hewers of wood, lismarii. Hewer of stone, lapidarius (post- Augustan); quadratarius (late).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for hew?
- The usual Latin words for “hew” are dolō, dēdolō, ēdolō; also caedō, secō, asciō. 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.