English → Latin
“hinge” in Latin
cardōhinge (of a door or gate), usually a pivot and socket in Roman times.; a tenon, mortice, or socket; A street, that ran nlīslawsuit, action; contention, strife, quarrelstrīdōto utter or make a shrill or harsh sound; creak, shriek, squeak, screech, grate, hiss, whistle, buzzperturbōto confuse; to disturb or perturb, trouble or alarm
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
hinge s.
cardo (also, IMPROP., of the hinge on which anything turns; e.g., ubi alicujus rei [litium, Quint., 12, 8, 2] cardo vertitur; so tanto cardine rerum, Verg., Aen., 1, 672). To take a door off its hinges, emovere postes cardine; postes a cardine vellere (Verg.): a hinge creaks, cardo muttit (Plaut.), stridet (Verg.). Prov. to be off the hinges, perturbari or perturbatum esse; loco et certo de statu demoveri (of the mind, deprived of its self-possession, Cic.); de statu suo declinare (of persons, Cic.).
hinge v.
That on which anything hinges, cardo alicujus rei, or ubi alicujus rei cardo vertitur (Quint.); quod maxime rem continet (Liv., 39, 48, 2).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for hinge?
- The usual Latin words for “hinge” are cardō, līs, strīdō; also perturbō. 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.