English → Latin
“joint” in Latin
committōto join together, unite, connect, put together; to practise or perpetrate wrong, do injustice; commit a crime; to beginartusnarrow; close; fitted; confined; dense; severe; strict; scanty; briefarticulusa point connecting various parts of the body; joint, knot, knuckle.; a limb, member, finger; a short clause; a single wovertebraa joint; a joint, vertebra of the spinespondylusvertebra, spondyle; musselcolligātiōconnection (binding or joining together); ligature, band, fasteningvertĭcŭlaa jointcardōhinge (of a door or gate), usually a pivot and socket in Roman times.; a tenon, mortice, or socket; A street, that ran nnōdusa knot (in rope); a knot (in wood); a knobgeniculumlittle knee, knee; knot or joint on the stalk of a plant
The English word joint itself goes back to Latin iungō, through iūnctus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
joint
commissura (general term for every kind of joining; also of the limbs of the human body): artus: articulus (joint by which the limbs are connected with each other, or with the rest of the body; artus, sing., not found till the late poets of the Silver Age. (The words are found in this connection and order.) commissurae et artus): vertebra (joint that facilitates the motion of the limbs, especially of the joints of the spine; ☞ Plin., 11, 46, 106): spondylus (joint of the spine and neck): colligatio: verticula (joint in carpentry, architecture, machinery, etc.; colligatio, as simply joining; verticula, as facilitating motion, turning; ☞ Vitr. 10, 1, 2; 10, 8, 1): cardo (hinge-joint): nodus: articulus: geniculum (joint or knot in plants).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for joint?
- The usual Latin words for “joint” are committō, artus, articulus; also vertebra, spondylus, colligātiō. 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.