English → Latin
“refract” in Latin
īnfringōto break off, infringe; to check, weaken, lessen, diminish, mitigate or assuagerefringōto break up or open; to refract
The English word refract itself goes back to Latin frangō, through refrāctum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
refract
infringere: refringere (e.g., radii infracti resiliunt, Plin.): solis radii aquae immissi refringuntur (id., 2, 59, 60).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for refract?
- The usual Latin words for “refract” are īnfringō, refringō. 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.