English → Latin
“blast” in Latin
flāmenpriest, flamenflōto breathe, blowsonōto sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context); to sound, utter, speak, express, call; to cry clangorclang, crash, noise; blast (of a trumpet); sound (of a horn)tangōto touch, grasp; to reach, arrive at, come to a place; to attain toafflōto blow, breathe (on or towards)fulmenlightning that strikes or sets on fire; a thunderboltcontāgiōcontact, touch; intercourse (social); influencesīdĕrātĭoA groupingrōbīgōrust (on metals); mildew; rust (on plants)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
blast
impetus venti; ventua, flamen (violent blowing): flatus (blowing; also of favorable winds: flabra, plur., gentle blowing, sometimes puffs of wind; poetical).
Of an instrument, flamen; sonitus; clangor.
Stroke of a planet, etc., tactus, afflatus (e.g., solis, lunae, etc.).
Of lightning, fulmen (so the blasts of fortune, fnlmina fortunae). In the widest sense, fulmen, ictus calamitatis, ventus, calamitas, casus adversus.
Of disease, contagio.
Of corn, sideratio, robigo, uredo (mildew, smut).
blast v.
ruin, delere (destroy, blot out): subvertere, evertere (overthrow): perdere (destroy): pervertere: to blast anybody’s reputation, alicui infamiam movere; aliquem infamare or diffamare; aliquem variis rumoribus differre (to circulate reports against him): to blast one’s hopes, spem exstinguero.
Blight, terrere, urere, adurere, robigine corrumpere, robigine or uredine afficere. Blasted heaths, deserta et sterilia tesqua.
Compare BLIGHT.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for blast?
- The usual Latin words for “blast” are flāmen, flō, sonō; also clangor, tangō, afflō. 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.