English → Latin
“twine” in Latin
circumvolvōto roll oneself around; revolve, wind or twine around; to cause to roll or revolve aroundcircumplicōto wind, coil, fold or twine around; to bend aroundcircumplectorto encompass; to embrace; to surround or encirclearbora tree; something made from a tree, of wood; the polypus (imagined to have arms like the branches of a tree)apprehendōto lay hold upon, grasp, seize, grab, take, take hold of; apprehend, arrest; to grasp with the mind, understand, comprehcomplectorto embrace or hug; to encircle, surround, encompass; to comprehend, understand
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
twine v.
Transitively, circumvolvere: circumplicare.
Intransitively, se circumvolvere (e.g., arboribus): circumvolvi: circumplecti. To train vines so that they may twine round the props, vites erigere, ut claviculis suis adminicula complectantur or apprehendant (after Cic., N.D., 2, 27, 120): the vine twines itself about everything, vitis claviculis suis quasi manibus, quicquid est nacta, complectitur.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for twine?
- The usual Latin words for “twine” are circumvolvō, circumplicō, circumplector; also arbor, apprehendō, complector. 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.