English → Latin
“stitch” in Latin
cōnsuōto sew together, sew up, stitch, join; to patch up; to devise, plantrahōto drag, pull; to trail; to extract, withdraw, derive, take awaydūcōto lead, guide, conduct, lead away; to take; to draw, pullacusa needle, a pin; bodkin; alternative form of acus (“bran”)fīlumthread, string, filament, fiber; texture, style, nature; wick of a lampsubeōto go under, come under; enter; to come or go up to, approach, draw near, advance or proceed to a place; come or go on;
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
stitch v.
consuere: acu conserere aliquid.
stitch s.
A pass of the needle, *tractus (acus): *ductus (fili). Or by the verb.
A sharp pain, dolores lateris (or laterum) subiti, qui punctionem afferunt (Plin., 34, 15, 44).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for stitch?
- The usual Latin words for “stitch” are cōnsuō, trahō, dūcō; also acus, fīlum, subeō. 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.