English → Latin
“hurl” in Latin
iaceōto lie prostrate, lie down; recline; to be sick, lie ill; to linger, stop, tarry, remainiactōto throw, cast, hurl; to scatter, toss; to disturb, disquiet, torment, agitate, shockiaculorto throw or hurl; to throw or fight with a javelinpilaball; a game of ball; globe, sphere
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
hurl
jacere (general term, to throw): conjicere (stronger than jacere; implying either numbers or rapidity, force; especially with tela, pila, etc. in hostes; also of hurling persons into prison, etc.): jactare (frequentative): jaculari (to dart violently from the hand swung round). To hurl stones, lapides jacere; at anybody, lapides mittere or conjicere in aliquem; lapidibus petere or prosequi aliquem; anything at anybody’s head, in caput alicujus aliquid jaculari: to hurl lightnings, fulmina jaculari; fulminare: to hurl rocks upon persons, saxa ingerere in aliquos (e.g., in subeuntes): to hurl one’s self into anything, se conjicere in aliquid (PROP. or IMPROP., e.g., in malum): ☞ vibrare, torquere or contorquere are poetical for jaculari.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for hurl?
- The usual Latin words for “hurl” are iaceō, iactō, iaculor; also pila. 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.