English → Latin
“smite” in Latin
incendōto set on fire, burn, kindle; to heat, make hot, scorch; to light up with fire, make a fire uponfūrorto steal, plunder; to take away by stealth, remove secretly, to withdrawPropertiusA Roman family name — famously held bypereōto perish, pass away, die, be ruined; to vanish, disappear, come to nothing; to leak; to be absorbeddēpereōto perish, to be ruined, to get lost, to go awaste; to be desperately in love with, to love to distraction
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
smite
[Vid :, STRIKE, PROP., and figuratively][Vid :, STRIKE, PROP., and figuratively]. Smitten with love, amore captus or incensus; amore perditus (Plaut.): to be smitten with love of anybody, furere or insanire in aliqua; amore alicujus mori (Propertius), perire, or deperire.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for smite?
- The usual Latin words for “smite” are incendō, fūror, Propertius; also pereō, dēpereō. 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.