English → Latin
“Main” in Latin
mūnusa service, office, employment; a burden, duty, obligation; a service, favorpraecipuusparticular, special; distinguished, preeminentprīmusfirst, early; chief, principal; most excellent, eminent; distinguished, noble; the first part of; the entrance, extremitmagnusgreat, large, big; (of things) vast, extensive, spacious (of physical size or quantity); great, grand, mighty, noble, locaputthe head (of humans and animals); head; top; summit; point; end; extremity (beginning or end); origin; source; spring; hsummatop, summit, highest point or place; the principal or main thing; sum, summary, totalmaximusbiggest, largest; loudest; unencumberedgravisheavy; pregnant; troublesome, hard
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
Main
Maenus or Moenus, -i (m.)
main adj.
praecipuus; primus; maximus. The main point, caput or surama; of anything, alicujus rei; res omnium gravissima, summa or maxima; res magna or gravis; res magni momenti or magni discriminis: this is the main, hoc caput est; hoc maximum or primuin est: to depart or digress fin the main point, a proposito aberrare or declinare: to return to the main point, ad propositum reverti or redire: to make anything a main point, omne studium in aliqua re ponere; prae ceteris aliquid agere or spectare; id agere ut, etc.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for Main?
- The usual Latin words for “Main” are mūnus, praecipuus, prīmus; also magnus, caput, summa. 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.