English → Latin
“calamitous” in Latin
miserpoor, wretched, pitiful; miserable, unhappy; worthless, nullīnfēlīxunhappy, unfortunate; unlucky; unfruitfulcalamitōsuscalamitous, disastrous, ruinous, destructivetrīstissad, unhappy, melancholy, morose; sorrowful, mournful; disagreeable, harsh, bitter (of taste)lūctuōsussorrowful, sad; lamentable, doleful, mournfulgravisheavy; pregnant; troublesome, hardinīquusunjust, unfair; unequal, uneven; unfavourable, disadvantageous
The English word calamitous itself goes back to Latin calamitās, through calamitōsus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
calamitous
miser (pitiable, in bad circumstances): infelix (unfortunate): calamitosus (beset, oppressed with grief; beset with dangers, etc.): tristis (afflicting): luctuosus (doleful): gravis (heavy, distressing).
CALAMITOUS TIMES, gravia or iniqua.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for calamitous?
- The usual Latin words for “calamitous” are miser, īnfēlīx, calamitōsus; also trīstis, lūctuōsus, gravis. 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.