English → Latin
“sling” in Latin
fundōto pour out, shed; to melt, cast, found, make by smelting; to overthrow, overcome, rout, vanquish an enemy, rout, scattevinculumAny instrument whereby anything is bound or tied up; bond, band, fetter, chain, cord, tie, link; a bond, obligation, binmitellaheadband, turban; bandagelībrōto poise, balance; to swing, brandish, hurl, cast, fling; to consider, weigh, ponderexcutiōto shake out, shake off, elicit, knock out, drive out, cast off, strike off; to throw from or off of a horse, chariot, siaculorto throw or hurl; to throw or fight with a javelinmittōto send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge; to put out, extend, reach out (one's hand); to announce, telēmittōto send forth, emit, discharge; to hurl, cast; to let forth, let go, send outiactōto throw, cast, hurl; to scatter, toss; to disturb, disquiet, torment, agitate, shocklanxdish, platter, plate; scalepan
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sling s.
An instrument for throwing stones, funda. To put anything into a sling, in fundam indere aliquid: to throw anything with a sling, funda librare or excutere aliquid; funda mittere.
A throw, a fling; [Vid: FLING].
(From its resemblance) (From its resemblance) = a hanging bandage, vinculum: mitella (as technical term in chirurgery.). To use a sling for one’s arm, or to have one’s arm in a sling, brachium mitella excipere; also, brachium suspendere ex cervice (if it hangs down from the neck): the broader part of the sling is intended for the arm, and its ends are tied to the neck, mitella latitudine ipsi brachio, perangustis capitibus collo injicitur.
sling v.
To throw with a sling, funda mittere, or librare, or excutere.
To hurl, jaculari (e.g., a lance, etc.): mittere: emittere (to throw with the hand, etc., in general): jactare (to throw repeatedly; e.g., lances; hence also, of “throwing out one’s arms,” brachia). ☞ Torquere or contorquere, for jaculari, only poetical [Vid: To FLING].
To hang as in a sling; Vid: To HANG.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sling?
- The usual Latin words for “sling” are fundō, vinculum, mitella; also lībrō, excutiō, iaculor. 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.