English → Latin
“terse” in Latin
tergeōto rub, wipe, wipe off, clean, cleanse; to polish, burnish; to tickle, whetpremōto press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm; to tighten, compress, shorten, press closely, squeeze; to make,brevisshort, small, little, narrow; brief, short; short, low, shallowcrēberthick, dense; numerous, frequent, repeated; abundant, crowded with
The English word terse itself goes back to Latin tergeō, through tersus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
terse
tersus (Quint.; e.g., auctor tersior est Hor.); pressus: brevis: sententiis densus: creber. SYN. in CONCISE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for terse?
- The usual Latin words for “terse” are tergeō, premō, brevis; also crēber. 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.