English → Latin
“shatter” in Latin
frangōto break, shatter; to break, shatter (a promise, a treaty, someone's ideas (dreams, projects), someone's spirit); to brecōnfringōto break into pieces; to destroyquassōto shake repeatedly, to quake; to wave or flourish; to weakendēbilitōto cripple or maim; to debilitate, unnerve, disable or weakenminuōto make smaller, lessen, diminish, reduce, minimize; to attenuate, appease, suppress, repress, quell; to dismember, tearimmineōto project, bend or lean toward or over, overhang; to touch on, border upon; to threaten, menacecomminuōto break or crumble into small pieces; to pulverize or comminute; to lessencōnficiōto prepare, accomplish, complete, execute; settle, close a bargain; traverse; to produce, cause, bring about, effect, seafflīgōto strike, beat, dash (against); cast or throw down, prostrate; to afflict, damage, injure, crush, break or ruin; to hum
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
shatter
To break in pieces, frangere, confringere: quassare.
To weaken, crush, debilitare: infirmum reddere: minuere: imminuere: comminuere: frangere: conficere: affligere. My strength is shattered, vires me deficiunt: debilitor et frangor: to shatter the enemy’s forces, hostium vim pervertere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for shatter?
- The usual Latin words for “shatter” are frangō, cōnfringō, quassō; also dēbilitō, minuō, immineō. 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.