What is the Latin word for woof?

The usual Latin words for “woof” are subtēmen, trāma, stāmen; also tēlum. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“woof” in Latin

subtēmenweft, woof; thread, yarn (spun)trāmawoof, weft; A lean, lanky person.stāmenwarp (of a loom); thread hanging from a distaff tēluma spear (whether used for throwing or thrusting); a missile or projectile weapon: an arrow, javelin, dart etc.; a missil

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

woof

subtemen: trama (usually regarded as synonymous, Servius ad Verg., Aen., 3, 483; but Sen., [Ep., 90] distinguishes trama from subtemen: quemadmodum tela suspensis ponderibus rectum stamen extendat; quemadmodum subtemen insertum, quod duritiam utrinque comprimentis tramae remolliat, spathā coire cogatur et jungi, where it may be = stamen, warp, or tela, the whole web, or the threads of the web. Schneider, Index Script. R.R., understands trama, the threads drawn up into a web, and by subtemen simply the weft or woof. Koenig, ad Persius, 6, 73, takes trama to be the harder and more firmly twisted threads of the woof, and subtemen, its softer threads).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for woof?: The usual Latin words for “woof” are subtēmen, trāma, stāmen; also tēlum. 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.