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“jut out” in Latin

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

jut out
prominere: projici: projectum esse (e.g., of a town running out into the sea, in altum): procurrere, excurrere (ab aliqua re - in aliquid; of peninsulas, etc., running out into the sea).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for jut out?
The usual Latin words for “jut out” are prōmineō, prōcurrō, excurrō. 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.