English → Latin
“quarrel” in Latin
iūrgiuma quarrel, strife, dispute, altercation, contention; abuse, invective; a legal dispute, a separation between husband andaltercātiōdispute, debate; altercationcontentiōstretching, tension; competition, rivalry; struggle, effortcontrōversiaa quarrel, dispute, debate; lawsuit; contradictionrixaquarrel, brawl, dispute, contest, strife, contentionpugnaa fight, battle, combat, action; a line of battle, troops drawn up for battle; a contest, dispute, quarrelstruōto place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together; to compose, construct, build; to ready, prepare, deviseiūrgōto quarrel, argue, brawl, dispute, scold; to chide, censure, blamerixorto quarrel, brawl, wrangle, dispute
The English word quarrel itself goes back to Latin quadrus, through quarellus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
quarrel s.
jurgium: altercatio: contentio (passionate and violent, but confined to words): controversia (between two persons in array on opposite sides): rixa (a fray, broil, that threatens to come to blows): pugna (a fight) [Vid: also, DISPUTE]. To begin or seek a quarrel, causam jurgii inferre; controversiam intendere or struere; jurgium excitare; rixam movere: the quarrel is ended, rixa sedata est.
quarrel v.
jurgare: rixari [SYN. in QUARREL, s.] : to quarrel with anybody: jurgio contendere cum aliquo; jurgiis certare cum aliquo; rixari cum aliquo; rixa mihi est cum aliquo: to quarrel among themselves, inter se altercari; jurgiis certare inter se; rixari inter se.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for quarrel?
- The usual Latin words for “quarrel” are iūrgium, altercātiō, contentiō; also contrōversia, rixa, pugna. 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.