English → Latin
“mince” in Latin
concidōto fall down or together, tumble to the ground, collapse, break down, drop; to fall down lifeless in combat, to be slaugminuōto make smaller, lessen, diminish, reduce, minimize; to attenuate, appease, suppress, repress, quell; to dismember, tearminūtātimlittle by little, piecemeal; gradually; singly, one by oneminūtalminced meat, ground meat, mince; trifles (petty things)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mince
PROP., concidere; minute or minutatim concidere; minutatim or particulatim consecare: minced meat, minutal (Vid: Juv., 14, 129). Figuratively, to mince matters, dicendo extenuare et abjicere aliquid (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mince?
- The usual Latin words for “mince” are concidō, minuō, minūtātim; also minūtal. 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.