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“shed” in Latin
effundōto pour out, shed, spread abroad, drain off; to pour, drive, cast or send out, shower, discharge; to give oneself up to,profundōto pour forth, to lavish; to prostrate; to squandercircumfundōto pour out or round; to surround with liquid; to crowd around; to overwhelmlacrimōto weepfleōto weep, cry; to lament, bewail, grieve forcaedēsthe act of cutting or lopping something off; the act of striking with the fist, a beating; murder, assassination, killintuguriuma hut, cottage, shack; any primitive dwellingtŭgŭrĭŏluma little hutofficīnaworkshop, manufactory; a poultry house, henhouse; an apothecary's, a pharmacy
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
shed v.
effundere: profundere. To shed around, circumfundere: to shed tears, lacrimas offundere, profundere, or projicere; lacrimare; flere: to shed blood, sanguinem effundere, profundere (one’s own blood; e.g., pro patria): caedem or sanguinem facere (the blood of others): to shed the blood of anybody, alicujus sanguinem haurire: to shed, teeth, primores dentes amittere, mutare. To have shed all one’s teeth, omnes dentes habere et renatos et immutabiles (Plin., H.N.): to shed a coat, villos mutare (of a horse, etc.): to shed horns, cornua deponere.
shed s.
tugurium: diminutively, tuguriolum: officina (as a workshop; subgrundium = the eaves of a house).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for shed?
- The usual Latin words for “shed” are effundō, profundō, circumfundō; also lacrimō, fleō, caedēs. 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.