English → Latin
“injure” in Latin
īnferōto carry, bring, put, place, or throw in, into, to, or upon somewhere or something; insert; to bring forward, introduce,iniungōto join or fasten, unite; to charge, impose (a burden); to enjoin or chargeoffendōto hit, thrust, strike against something; to meet, encounter (someone); to suffer damage, receive an injurylaedōto strike, collide, hurt; to offend; to thwartviolōto treat with violence; to maltreat; to violate, defile, profane, rapepatiorto suffer, endure, tolerate; to allow, acquiesce, permit, submit; to exist, live
The English word injure itself goes back to Latin iniūrius, through iniūria.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
injure
injuriam alicui facere, inferre, injungere: injuria aliquem afficere (to inflict a wrong or injury upon): offendere (to give offence, offend against propriety): laedere: violare (hurt, injure, grieve, vex). To injure anybody without provocation, injuria lacessere; priorem laedere: to be injured, injuriam accipere or pati: to feel one’s self injured, injuriam factam putare; by anything, aliquid in or ad contumeliam accipere. Vid: To HURT.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for injure?
- The usual Latin words for “injure” are īnferō, iniungō, offendō; also laedō, violō, patior. 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.