English → Latin
“rupture” in Latin
rumpōto break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open; to break, split, rupture, burst; to break; break off, tscindōto cut, tear; to rend or break asunder; carve; split, divide or separate by force; to tear off one's travelling cloak; uviolātiōviolation, profanationdiscordiadisagreement, dissension, variance, discordherniaprotruded viscus, herniarāmexThe blood vessels of the lungs; A rupture, hernia, varicocele; A staffrāmĭcōsusafflicted with hernia
The English word rupture itself goes back to Latin rumpō, through ruptūra.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
rupture s.
Breach, ruptum: scissum (PROP.): violatio (figuratively).
Dissension, falling out, discordia (discord, want of unanimity): dissidium (dissension, disagreement: ☞ not discidium, which = separation) to cause a rupture, discordiam concitare. There is already a slight rupture between them, jam leviter inter se dissident. It comes to a rupture, res ad discordias deducitur; discordia oritur.
(A disease)(A disease), hernia; ramex: afflicted with a rupture, intestinum descendit; ramicosus (Cf, . herniosus in later writers).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for rupture?
- The usual Latin words for “rupture” are rumpō, scindō, violātiō; also discordia, hernia, rāmex. 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.