English → Latin
“trench” in Latin
fossaa ditch, trench, moat, fosse; a gutter, waterway; a furrow drawn to mark foundationsfossulaA small ditch or trench.incīliscut infodiōto dig, dig up, dig out; to bury; to dig or clear out the earth from a place; to mine, quarry; to prick, prod, pierce, tpercutiōto strike, beat; to make an impression on the mind, touch, please, delight, astonish, shock; to killdēprimōto press down; to depress; to suppress, repress or silence; to disparagecavōto make hollow, hollow out, excavate; to perforate, pierce
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
trench
fossa (general term): diminutive, fossula (Col.): incile, or fossa incilis (a trench in a field for drainage, a drain): To draw or make a trench, fossam ducere (Plin.); facere; fodere (Liv.); percutere (Plin., Ep.); deprimere (Hirt.); cavare (Plin.): to a certain point, fossam perducere aliquo: to make a trench before a place, fossam praeducere (Caes.): to surround with a trench, (oppidum) fossa circumdare (Cic.): to guard the entrance by a large trench, aditum vastissima fossa cingere (Cic., De Rep., 2, 6).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for trench?
- The usual Latin words for “trench” are fossa, fossula, incīlis; also fodiō, percutiō, dēprimō. 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.