English → Latin
“hewing” in Latin
caedōto cut, hew, fell; to strike, beat; to kill, to murderlignumfirewood; wood tissue; treesilvawood; forest; orchard; grovelignātiōThe felling, procuring, or collecting of wood or firewood.; The place where wood or firewood is cut or made.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
hewing
eaesio (as act, ligni, silvae, Plin.): caesura (the manner in which the thing hewn is felled; of a tree, Col., 4, 33, 1). Hewing of wood, lignatio (the hewing and fetching it in for an army).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for hewing?
- The usual Latin words for “hewing” are caedō, lignum, silva; also lignātiō. 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.