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“nick” in Latin
incidōto fall or drop; to fall upon, meet, come upon (by chance), happen on, fall in with; to fall upon, attack, assaulttempusa time (a portion or period of time); time; the kairos, right time, due season, due time, proper time, appointed time, ocrēnaincision, notchcommoduscomfortable, commodious, suitable, useful, convenient, becoming; opportune, timely, tidy; pleasant, friendlyopportūnussuitable; advantageous, useful; favourable, opportune, convenientperopportūnusvery suitable; very advantageous; very favourable, opportuneattingōto come in contact with, touch; to assault; strike, attack; to touch, tastefrauscheating, deceit, deception, fraud, guile, stratagem, trick, treachery, wiles; delusion, error; injury, hurt, harmcōnfingōto form, fashion, fabricate; to invent, devise, feign, pretend
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
nick s.
Notch, incisura (crena, Plin., is doubtful).
Exact point (of time), tempus; vestigium temporis; or simply vestigium when the context fixes the sense. In the very nick of time, in tempore; commode; commodum; opportune; peropportune; in ipso temporis articulo (at the most critical and decisive moment).
nick v.
To hit, rem acu tangere (Plaut.), attingere; conjecturā consequi.
To notch, incidere.
To deceive, cheat, alicui imponere; fraudem or fallaciam alicui facere; dolum alicui nectere or confingere; aliquem circumducere (commentators).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for nick?
- The usual Latin words for “nick” are incidō, tempus, crēna; also commodus, opportūnus, peropportūnus. 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.