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“verge” in Latin
margōborder, margin, edgeōsmouth; (in general) head or face; (in general) facial features, countenance, appearancefīnisend; limit, border, bound boundary, frontier; boundaries, bounds, frontiers; by extension, territory, region, landscōnfīnisbordering on, adjoining, contiguousrēgularule, bar; ruler (measuring or drawing device)stōto stand; to stay, remain; to cost, to be set at, stand at (e.g., a price)proximusnearest person; next person, next one; neighbourfīnitimusbordering upon, adjoining, adjacent, neighbouring; close, near; concerning or originating from neighbouring people; men tangōto touch, grasp; to reach, arrive at, come to a place; to attain toattingōto come in contact with, touch; to assault; strike, attack; to touch, taste
The English word verge itself goes back to Latin virga.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
verge s.
margo; ora (edge, border): finis; confinium (boundary, limit). Figuratively, To be on the verge of death, capulo vicinum esse; capularem esse (Servius, Verg., Aen., 6, 222: Plaut., Mil., 3, 1, 33): in extrema, regula (not tegula) stare; extrema tangere (by a figure from the race-course; Vid: Sen., Ep., 12, 4, Ruhnken, and 26, 1): in praecipiti esse (i. e., to stand on the brink of a precipice, to be in extreme danger; Cels., 2, 6). He seems to me to be on the verge of death, videtur mihi prosequi se (i. e., to be attending his own funeral, Sen., Ep. 30, 4). To be on the verge of ruin or destruction, in summo discrimine esse or versari: to lead anybody to the verge of ruin, aliquem in locum praecipitem perducere.
verge v.
proximum, finitimum, vicinum esse alicui or rei; tangere, attingere (terram).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for verge?
- The usual Latin words for “verge” are margō, ōs, fīnis; also cōnfīnis, rēgula, stō. 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.