English → Latin
“thrust” in Latin
trūdōto thrust, push or shovepellōto push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out; to strike, set in motion; to rout, put to flight,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, tpetōto ask, beg, request, look for, inquire, petition, entreat; to make for (somewhere); to seek, aim at, desiredētrūdōto expel; dislodge; force, thrust, drive, or shove off, down, or away; to dispossess, eject, force, compelextrūdōto thrust or drive out; to draw outexpellōto drive or thrust out or away; expel, eject, banish; dislodge; to force or drive out or away, expel, removepetītiōan attack, thrust, blow; a request, petition, beseeching; an applying for officeplāgaplague, misfortune; stroke, blow, cut, strike; wound, gash, injuryictusa beating time, a beat; a beat of the pulse; an attack, shot
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
thrust v.
trudere (general term): pellere (to drive): fodere (so as to pierce) aliquem or aliquid aliqua re. ☞ Perfodere in this sense only in inferior or poetical prose; in classical prose it always means “to thrust through.”
Thrust at, petere.
Thrust down, detrudere.
Thrust into, trudere in (☞ not intrudere): detrudere in: pellere in.
Thrust out, extrudere (Vid: proper word): expellere (to drive out): exturbare (to drive out with violence): ejicere (to cast out). (The words are found in this connection and order.) intrudere et ejicere: exterminare (to drive away from a territory or a house): excludere: removere (to exclude, shut out). To thrust one out of the Senate, aliquem ejicere e senatu; aliquem movere senatu or de senatu; aliquem movere loco senatorio.
thrust s.
petitio (a blow aimed): plaga: ictus (a blow inflicted). In other cases usually by the verb, trudere, etc. To make a home-thrust; Vid. HOME, adjective.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for thrust?
- The usual Latin words for “thrust” are trūdō, pellō, fodiō; also petō, dētrūdō, extrūdō. 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.