English → Latin
“bile” in Latin
bīlisbile; anger, gallulcussore, ulcer, woundfūrunculuspilferer (petty thief); pointed burning sore on the human body; boil, furuncle; germ or knob on a vine, so called from ibīliōsusbilious (full of bile)
The English word bile itself goes back to Latin bīlis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bile
bilis. Full of bile, biliosus. A bilious fever, febris ex bile redundante nata, febris biliosa.
Sore, ulcus, furunculus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bile?
- The usual Latin words for “bile” are bīlis, ulcus, fūrunculus; also bīliōsus. 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.