English → Latin
“hiss” in Latin
sībilōto hiss; to whistlestrīdōto utter or make a shrill or harsh sound; creak, shriek, squeak, screech, grate, hiss, whistle, buzzfundōto pour out, shed; to melt, cast, found, make by smelting; to overthrow, overcome, rout, vanquish an enemy, rout, scatteexsībilōto hiss out or forthcōnscindōto tear or rend to piecesexigōto drive out; expel; to demand, require; enforce, exact (pay); to execute, complete a task
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
hiss v.
sibilare (☞ sibilum edere, fundere, or effundere are poetical): stridēre or stridere (to hiss horribly; also of iron plunged in water; Lucr., 6, 149). To hiss and hoot [Vid: HOOT].
To hiss at, off, or down, sibilare: exsibilare: sibilis consectari, conscindere (ἐκσυρίττειν, to show dissatisfaction with anybody by hissing; to hiss at a speaker or actor): aliquem sibilis vexare (Val. Max.): e scena sibilis explodere (to drive off the stage by hissing; to hiss an actor off the stage): ejicere, exigere (ἐκβάλλειν, ἐκρίπτειν, general term, by hissing, whistling, or stamping; to cry down either a speaker, author, actor, or a play; Vid: Ruhnken. Vell., 2, 28, 3; Ter., Andr. Prol., 27). To be hissed down or off, ejici, exigi (to fail, ἐκπίπτειν): to hiss at or down a piece or play, exigere fabulam: one that has never been hissed at, intactus a sibilo.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for hiss?
- The usual Latin words for “hiss” are sībilō, strīdō, fundō; also exsībilō, cōnscindō, exigō. 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.