What is the Latin word for hurt?

The usual Latin words for “hurt” are noceō, īnferō, importō; also efficiō, crēdō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

English → Latin

“hurt” in Latin

noceōto injure, do harm to, hurt, damage īnferōto carry, bring, put, place, or throw in, into, to, or upon somewhere or something; insert; to bring forward, introduce,importōto bring, carry or convey into; bring in from abroad, import; to introduce; to bring about, cause efficiōto make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose; to cause to occur, to bring about, crēdōto believe, to trust in, to give credence to; to confide in, have confidence in; to think, imagine, suppose, assume

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

hurt v.

Injure, damage, nocere (general term): alicui rei damno or detrimento esse: alicui or alicui rei detrimentum afferre, inferre, or importare: aliquem detrimento afficere: damnum inferre [SYN. in INJURE]. To hurt anybody’s reputation or credit, auctoritatem alicujus minuere; gloriae alicujus obtrectare.

To inflict pain, dolorem facere or efficere (to cause bodily pain; of things): to hurt anybody (of persons), dolorem alicui facere or efficere (bodily or mental): aegre facere alicui (to vex, annoy him): to hurt one’s self, corpus laedere (one’s body): aegre sibi facere (draw some vexation on one’s self’). I am hurt at anything, doleo aliquid, or aliqua re, or de aliqua re: dolorem mihi affert aliquid (anything pains me mentally): pungit or mordet me aliquid; me or animum fodicat aliquid (anything cuts me to the heart, etc., vexes me extremely): I am hurt to think that, hoc mihi dolet quod, or with infinitive. I am hurt if, etc., doleo (et acerbe fero) si; vehementer doleo, si, etc.: I was hurt when I saw, etc., dolebam, cum viderem.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for hurt?: The usual Latin words for “hurt” are noceō, īnferō, importō; also efficiō, crēdō. 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.