English → Latin
“boom” in Latin
longuriusA long pole.contuslong pole; pikeperticapole, long staff; measuring rod; rod, (especially) the Roman rod of 10 ft (about 3 m)ō̆bexa bolt, bar; a barrier, wall; a hindrance, impediment, obstacleflūctuōto surge, swell, undulate; to fluctuate, vacillate; to be restless, figuratively tossed by emotional distressundōto rise in waves; to overflow with, abound in; to wave, undulateaestuōto be in agitation or violent commotion, move to and fro, writhe, rage, toss, boil up, heave; to burn, blaze, rage; to bexaestuōto boil up, foam up, or ferment; to seethe or ragesaeviōto rage, vent anger; to be furious; to thrash about, move violently
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
boom s.
longurius: contus: pertica [Vid: POLE].
Obex (obstacle): perhaps agger portum muniens.
boom v.
fluctuare: undare: aestuare: exaestuare (boil violently): saevire (rage). To come booming (i. e., with swelling sails), velis passis aliquo pervehi.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for boom?
- The usual Latin words for “boom” are longurius, contus, pertica; also ō̆bex, flūctuō, undō. 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.