English → Latin
“anguish” in Latin
angōto bind, draw, press together; to choke, throttle, strangle (replaced in Classical Latin by suffoco); to cause physical ānxietāsanxiety; carefulnessaestuōto be in agitation or violent commotion, move to and fro, writhe, rage, toss, boil up, heave; to burn, blaze, rage; to bagitōto act, behave, do, or make persistently or unremittingly; to put something in motion, drive, impel; drive by rowing, rourgeōto press, push, force, drive, urge (forward); to stimulate; to weigh down, burden, oppress; to crowd, hem in, confine
The English word anguish itself goes back to Latin angō, through angustia.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
anguish
angor: anxietas: stimuli doloris. To suffer anguish, angi: about anything, animo angi de aliqua re: about anybody, angorem capere pro aliquo. To suffer great anguish, angore confici, aestuare; angoribus premi, agitari, urgeri; angi intimis sensibus. To be tortured with anguish, angore cruciari.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for anguish?
- The usual Latin words for “anguish” are angō, ānxietās, aestuō; also agitō, urgeō. 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.