English → Latin
“bale” in Latin
fascisA faggot, fascine; bundle, packet, package, parcel.; A burden, load.; A bundle carried by lictors before the highest magbālōto bleat, baa; to talk foolishlymiseriamisfortune; misery (great unhappiness)affingōto add to; to attach or affix; to embellish; to forge or counterfeitcalamitāsloss, damage, harm; misfortune, calamity, disaster; military defeatmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad; unpleasant to the senses, sight, smell, taste, touch; bad, evil, wicked, mdamnumdamage, injury; loss, disadvantage; fine, mulct, penalty
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bale
fascis, fascis mercium (of goods): to make into bales, in fasces calligare; merces in fasciculos colligare. A heavy bale, mercium moles.
Calamity, miseria; res miserae or affictae; calamitas; malum; damnum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bale?
- The usual Latin words for “bale” are fascis, bālō, miseria; also affingō, calamitās, malus. 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.