English → Latin
“hindrance” in Latin
impedīmentumimpediment, hindrance; luggage, equipagemoraa duration of time before an event takes place, delay; a delay in the performance of an action, putting off; hindrance
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
hindrance
impedimentum (☞ not obstaculum): avocatio a re (to an occupation, to business): mora (delay, cause of delay). To be a hindrance, impedimenti loco esse: to be a hindrance to a person or thing, impedimento esse alicui or alicui rei, ad aliquid (☞ never in aliqua re); impedire aliquem or aliquid, in anything, ab aliqua re, or aliqua re only (☞ never in aliqua re); impedimentum afferre, in or to anything, alicui rei faciendae (of persons and things); obesse alicui and alicui rei (to be against a person or thing; opposed to prodesse) [☞ to HINDER]: it was a great hindrance to the Gauls in battle, that, etc., Gallis magno ad pugnam erat impedimento, quod, etc.: I will be no hindrance, nulla in me or per me est mora; nihil in me est mora: I will be no hindrance to his resigning the decemvirate, non moror, quominus abeat a decemviratu.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for hindrance?
- The usual Latin words for “hindrance” are impedīmentum, mora. 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.