English → Latin
“warp” in Latin
stāmenwarp (of a loom); thread hanging from a distafftrāmawoof, weft; A lean, lanky person.tēluma spear (whether used for throwing or thrusting); a missile or projectile weapon: an arrow, javelin, dart etc.; a missiltorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve; to twist, wind, bend awry, distort; to hurl violently, twirl (around the pandōto bend, curve anything; to bend (oneself)pandusbent, curved, turned
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
warp s.
stamen (☞ subtemen or trama = the woof; tela = the loom or the web; poetically, sometimes, for the warp).
warp v.
Intransitively, fignum pandat (pandatur, Plin.); torquetur (Vitr.).
Transitively, torquere. (Wood) that is warped, pandus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for warp?
- The usual Latin words for “warp” are stāmen, trāma, tēlum; also torqueō, pandō, pandus. 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.