English → Latin
“strand” in Latin
lītusstrand, shore, beachimpingōto push, strike, dash against; to press upon, force upon; to force, drive, thrust, push towards a location by forceretorqueōto twist, turn, bend or cast back; avert, deflect; to retort, cast backrelaxōto stretch out or widen again; unloose, loosen, open; slacken; abate; to slacken, ease, alleviate, mitigate; cheer up, esaxumstone, rock (a large, rough fragment of rock); wall of stonevadumA shallow, ford, shoal; A body of water; sea, stream; The bottom of a body of water
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
strand s.
litus: ora maritima. Vid: SHORE.
strand v.
To drive on shallows, impingere (navem vadis, saxo); in terram deferre. To be stranded, vado, in vadum, or litoribus illidi; in terram deferri; in litus ejici (to be wrecked and cast ashore).
To untwist (a rope), retorquere: relaxare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for strand?
- The usual Latin words for “strand” are lītus, impingō, retorqueō; also relaxō, saxum, vadum. 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.