English → Latin
“snip” in Latin
sectiōcutting off, cutting up; mowing; surgerysecōto cut, cut off; to cleave, divide; to operate, amputate, perform surgeryincidōto fall or drop; to fall upon, meet, come upon (by chance), happen on, fall in with; to fall upon, attack, assaultsēgmentumcutting; cut; slice; piece; segment; strip; zone (of the earth); strips of tinsel sewn around the bottom of a dressrĕcīsāmentumthat which is cut offparsa part, portion, piece, share; pars ... pars ..., some ... others ...; a party, fraction, sidepapȳruspapyrus (plant); a garment made from papyrus; paper made from papyrus
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
snip s.
Act of cutting, sectio: sectura.
An incision, incisura (Plin.).
A piece cut off, segmentum: recisamentum: particula. A snip of paper, resegmen chartae (after Plin., res: papyri, 13, 12, 23).
snip v.
secare: dissecare aliquid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for snip?
- The usual Latin words for “snip” are sectiō, secō, incidō; also sēgmentum, rĕcīsāmentum, pars. 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.