English → Latin
“squinting” in Latin
līmusmud, slime, muck; feces within the bowels; filth, pollutionpervertōto overthrow; to subvert or corruptstrabōa man or woman with distorted eyes, a cross-eyed person, a person who frequently squints; a jealous personpaetusHaving a cast in the eyes; blinking, winking or squinting with the eyes.paetulusHaving a slight cast in the eyes; blinking, winking or squinting slightly.līmafile (carpenter's tool); polishing, revision (of a literary composition)oculuseye; sight, vision; luminary of the sun and starsspectōto watch, observe, look at, consider; to examine, try, test; to aim, strive, or endeavour after
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
squinting adj.
limus: perversus (of the eyes): strabo (of persons, squint-eyed): qui est limis or perversis oculis (of the natural defect): limis (oculis) spectans (in a single case, Plaut.): paetus or paetulus (strictly speaking = looking askance, ogling, but sometimes used as a mild expression for strabo; Hor.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for squinting?
- The usual Latin words for “squinting” are līmus, pervertō, strabō; also paetus, paetulus, līma. 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.