English → Latin
“stab” in Latin
fodiōto dig, dig up, dig out; to bury; to dig or clear out the earth from a place; to mine, quarry; to prick, prod, pierce, tfīgōto fasten, fix; to transfix, pierce; to erect, post, set uptrānsfīgōto thrust through; to transfixcaedōto cut, hew, fell; to strike, beat; to kill, to murdersīcaa dagger, dirk, poniard; the edge of a boar's tuskgladiussword; murder, death; a gladiatorial contestpungōto prick; to puncture; to stingictusa beating time, a beat; a beat of the pulse; an attack, shotplāgaplague, misfortune; stroke, blow, cut, strike; wound, gash, injury
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
stab v.
PROP., fodere: figere: transfigere: caedere, vulnerare aliquem: sica, gladio, pungere, ferire aliquem: punctim ferire aliquem: with a dagger, etc., sica or pugione pungere or compungere. To stab anybody to the heart, cultrum in corde alicujus defigere (Liv., 1, 58); sicam in corpore alicujus defigere (Cic., Cat., 1, 6, 16); gladium infigere alicui in pectus (Cic., Tusc., 4, 22, 50); ictum alicujus corpori infigere; aliquem ictu vulnerare: to stab one’s self, cultro se pungere, vulnerare, laedere.
Figuratively, To injure, destroy, Vid.
stab s.
ictus: plaga. A stab in the side, punctio lateris: in the breast, punctio pectoris.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for stab?
- The usual Latin words for “stab” are fodiō, fīgō, trānsfīgō; also caedō, sīca, gladius. 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.