English → Latin
“wink” in Latin
nictusa winking, blinkingoculuseye; sight, vision; luminary of the sun and starsnictōto blink; to wink, signal with the eyes; to flashomittōto let go, allow to pass by, let fall or let loose; to lay aside, give up, abandon, neglect or disregard; to omit, leavepraetermittōto allow or permit to pass; to omit or neglect; to overlook
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
wink s.
nictus, -ūs, or by oculi. To give a wink, nictu loqui; oculis nutuque loqui (Ov.); nictare (Plaut.).
wink v.
To open and shut the eyes, nictare.
To connive, connivere in re (to wink at it): alicui rei or alicui aliquid ignoscere (to hold excused, to take no notice of): alicui or alicui rei indulgere (to indulge anybody in anything): indulgentia tractare aliquem (to treat anybody with indulgence): omittere: praetermittere (to let anything pass, not punish it).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for wink?
- The usual Latin words for “wink” are nictus, oculus, nictō; also omittō, praetermittō. 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.