English → Latin
“bewail” in Latin
dēplōrōto complain about, bemoan; to weep for bitterly, bewail, lament, deploredēfleōto weep over, cry for, lament, deplore; to dull with weeping; to weep abundantly or violently, weep to exhaustionlāmentorto lament; to bewailaegersick, ill; weak, feeble; difficult, reluctant, troublesomedoleōto hurt, suffer (physical pain); to be sorry, to grieve for, lament, deplorelūgeōto mourn, lament, bewail, deplorecomplōrōto bewail, lament together loudly or violentlyfleōto weep, cry; to lament, bewail, grieve forplōrōto cry out; to lament, complain, deplore
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bewail
TR., deplorare: deflere (the former expressing more of passionate sorrow): lamentari (of a long-continued wailing: aliquid: also like our “lament,” e.g., alicujus caecitatem): aegre or acerbe ferre: dolere: lugere (grieve for, etc.): complorare (of several). To bewail anybody’s death, deflere, complorare alicujus mortem; de morte alicujus fiere; alicujus morti illacrimari; alicujus mortem cum fletu deplorare: to bewail the living as well as the dead, complorare omnes pariter vivos mortuosque: one’s own and one’s country’s calamities, deplorare se patriamque (☞ Liv., 2, 40): one’s misfortune, deplorare de suis incommodis.
INTR., flere: plorare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bewail?
- The usual Latin words for “bewail” are dēplōrō, dēfleō, lāmentor; also aeger, doleō, lūgeō. 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.