English → Latin
“retrench” in Latin
circumscrībōto draw a line around, enclose in a circle, circumscribe; to enclose, limit, bound, restrain, hem in; to abate, subsidefīniōto finish, terminate; to set, appoint; to limit, boundcoërceōto enclose on all sides, hold together; surround, encompass; to curb, restrain, tame, correct, appease; to restrain, keereprimōto repress; to check, prevent or restrainminuōto make smaller, lessen, diminish, reduce, minimize; to attenuate, appease, suppress, repress, quell; to dismember, tear
The English word retrench itself goes back to Latin truncus, through truncāre.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
retrench
circumscribere: finire: coercere: reprimere: modum facere alicui rei. To retrench expenses, sumtus circumcidere (Liv.); sumtus contrahere, minuere; parce vivere (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for retrench?
- The usual Latin words for “retrench” are circumscrībō, fīniō, coërceō; also reprimō, minuō. 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.