English → Latin
“slit” in Latin
incidōto fall or drop; to fall upon, meet, come upon (by chance), happen on, fall in with; to fall upon, attack, assaultscindōto cut, tear; to rend or break asunder; carve; split, divide or separate by force; to tear off one's travelling cloak; udiscindōto cut, tear or divide in twofindōto cleave, break up, separate, divide, split, part; to split, burst; to divide
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
slit v.
incidere (to make a slit in anything): scindere: discindere (to slit up or open).
slit s.
scissura: fissura: or by the verb.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for slit?
- The usual Latin words for “slit” are incidō, scindō, discindō; also findō. 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.