English → Latin
“blacken” in Latin
dēnigrōto blacken (to cause to be or become black); to blacken (to defame or sully)īnfuscōto darken or obscure; to sully, stain or tarnishcōnflōto kindle (a fire); to forge, fuse or melt (metal); to refine or purify
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
blacken v.
make black, denigrare; infuscare (make blackish).
Darken, obscure, nigrum facere. The heavens were blackened, caelum nubibus obductum erat.
Defame, de fama or existimatione alicujus detrahere; conflare or conciliare alicui invidiam.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for blacken?
- The usual Latin words for “blacken” are dēnigrō, īnfuscō, cōnflō. 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.