English → Latin
“spin” in Latin
neōto spin; weave, interlace, entwinepollexthumb; big toe; a unit of distance, equivalent to approximately 24.6 mm; one uncia (see also: Ancient Roman units of meaperagōto pierce, transfix; to traverse, pass through; to harass, disturb, annoycircumagōto drive or turn in a circle; to turn round; to turn a wheelcircumferōto carry, bear or move around or about; carry or move around in a circle; to publish abroad, proclaim, circulate, divulg
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
spin
Transitively, nere. Cf, Stamina nere: stamina ducere versato fuco, stamina torta ducere manu, are found in the poets, but are admissible in prose; but fila deducere, stamina torquere digitis or pollice are purely poetical: lanam tractate (as a business): pensum facere or peragere (as a task). To spin a web (of the spider), texere telam: to spin off, deducere stamina colo (Tibullus, 1, 3, 86): to spin out, deducere (to spin to the end; PROP., or figuratively); excogitare; comminisci (to think out): to spin out a thing; i. e., to unfold it copiously, uberius or fusius disputare de re; pluribus docere, exponere aliquid.
Intransitively = To turn round quickly, in orbem agi, circumagi, or circumferri (☞ rotari is rather poetic); gyros variare (to make circles, as birds do in the air).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for spin?
- The usual Latin words for “spin” are neō, pollex, peragō; also circumagō, circumferō. 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.