English → Latin
“shock” in Latin
offēnsiōoffense, offence; accident, misfortune, mishapiniūriainjury, wronging, offense, insult, wrong; injustice, wrongdoing; damage, harm, hurt, injurycontumēliainsult, reproach, contumely, abuse, mistreatment; affront, invective; humiliation, injury; assault, violenceacervusmass, heap, pile, stack, cluster; treasure; consonant cluster (pronounceable group of consonants that occur together)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
shock s.
Collision, concussion, Vid:
Conflict (of enemies), Vid:
Offence, offensio: injuria: contumelia. [SYN. in OFFENCE.]
A pile of sheaves, *acervus.
A shagged dog, *canis aquaticus (Liv.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for shock?
- The usual Latin words for “shock” are offēnsiō, iniūria, contumēlia; also acervus. 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.