English → Latin
“ague” in Latin
febrisfeverfrīgiduscold, cool, chilling, frigid; indifferent, feeble; dull, flat, insipid, trivial, pointless, vainpatiorto suffer, endure, tolerate; to allow, acquiesce, permit, submit; to exist, liveCatullusa cognomen; a Latin poet of the late Roman Republic who wrote chiefly in the neoteric style of poetrynancīscorto meet with, stumble on, encounter, acquire, get, reach, find something; to contract, catch; to possess by birth, have
The English word ague itself goes back to Latin febris, through acūtus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
ague
febris frigida: febris intermittens. To hare the ague, febrim (frigidam) habere, pati: frigore et febri jactari (after Cic.’s aestus et febris. Catullus, 1, 13, 31). To catch the ague, febrim (frigidam) nancisci, in febrim incidere: febri corripi.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for ague?
- The usual Latin words for “ague” are febris, frīgidus, patior; also Catullus, nancīscor. 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.