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“shot” in Latin
coniciōto throw or bring together, unite, connect; to throw, drive, force, hurl something; to dispatch, assign, make goictusa beating time, a beat; a beat of the pulse; an attack, shotsclopētumrifle; gun; firearm (in general)tēluma spear (whether used for throwing or thrusting); a missile or projectile weapon: an arrow, javelin, dart etc.; a missilsagittaan arrow, shaft, bolt; the extreme thin part of a vine branch or shoot; the arrowhead (plant of the genus Sagittaria)explōdōto eject (originally drive an actor off a stage by clapping/booing)ēmittōto send forth, emit, discharge; to hurl, cast; to let forth, let go, send out
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
shot s.
The act of shooting, teli jactus or conjectus (of a weapon, as discharged): ictus (of a weapon, as having hit the mark): *sclopeti or tormenti fragor (in as far as it caused a report). To fire a shot, *telum e sclopeto emittere (but by no means sclopetum displodere or explodere); *tormentum mittere or emittere.
That which is discharged, (in the sense of the ancients) telum (thrown either with the hand or by a machine): sagitta (an arrow: ☞ spiculum is poetical only): plur., tela missilia, and missilia simply (but emissicia, ☞ Cic., De Legg., 3, 9, 20, is a doubtful reading): globus (any round mass; e.g., of lead, thrown by a sling): glans (a ball of clay or lead, which was made hot and thrown by a sling; Vid: commentators on Caes., B.G., 5, 43; hence a proper expression for our “musket-ball;” also, telum will suit for the latter three; compare FIRE): *telum tormento missum (after Caes., B.G., 3, 51, extr.): *globus tormento missus (after the preceding passage): *grando plumbea (small shot): *globus ferro secto et pulvere pyrio completus (grape shot).
Reach of missives, teli conjectus. To come within shot, ad teli conjectum venire: to fight within shot, eminus pugnare (opposed to cominus pugnare).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for shot?
- The usual Latin words for “shot” are coniciō, ictus, sclopētum; also tēlum, sagitta, explōdō. 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.