English → Latin
“bawl” in Latin
vōciferorto cry out, shout, scream, exclaimtollōto raise, lift up, elevate; to remove, take away, steal, rob; to destroy, eliminate, annulclāmōto cry out, clamor, shout, yell, exclaim; to call, to call to; to address as, call by nameclāmitōto yell, cry aloud, bawl, vociferate; to clamourobtundōto strike, beat or batter; to blunt; to deafen
The English word bawl itself goes back to Latin baulō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bawl
vociferari; clamorem edere or tollere: to bawl after any body, clamare or inclamare aliquem: clamore aliquem insequi; clamoribus aliquem consectari: to bawl with might and main, maxima voce clamare: altum clamorem tollere, or simply clamitare: to bawl in anybody’s ears, clamando aures alicujus fatigare (Lit., 9, 20), or obtundere (Ter., Heauton Timorumenos, 2, 3, 89), aures alicujus personare (Hor., Epistolae, 1, 1, 7). To bawl out against anybody, allatrare aliquem (PROP. and figuratively, especially of envious, cowardly railers at better men than themselves).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bawl?
- The usual Latin words for “bawl” are vōciferor, tollō, clāmō; also clāmitō, obtundō. 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.