English → Latin
“pinch” in Latin
vellicōto pluck, twitch, pinch, nip; to suck (of bees)ūrōto burn, consume, inflame; especially of the emotions: to inflame with passion, love or lust; burn, set afire or on firepremōto press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm; to tighten, compress, shorten, press closely, squeeze; to make,pēsa place to tread one's foot: territory, ground, soil; a rope attached to a sail in order to set; tempo, pace, time
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
pinch
PROP., vellicare (Quint..); comprimere digitis aliquid: to pinch one’s cheeks, mala alicui blande comprimere.
Figuratively, urere, pungere aliquem: my shoes pinch, calcei urunt, premunt, pedem: my stomach is pinched, torminibus laboro (Plin.).
Pinch one’s self, fraudare se victu suo; fraudare ventrera.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for pinch?
- The usual Latin words for “pinch” are vellicō, ūrō, premō; also pēs. 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.