English → Latin
“catching, to be catching” in Latin
contāgiōcontact, touch; intercourse (social); influencemorbusa disease, illness, malady, sickness, disorder, distemper, ailment; a fault, vice, failing; sorrow, grief, distresspestilentiainfectious or contagious disease; plague, pestilence
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
catching, to be catching
(of disorders)(of disorders), transire in alios: a disorder that is catching, contagio (contagium is unclassical) morbi: pestilentia (violent epidemic).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for catching, to be catching?
- The usual Latin words for “catching, to be catching” are contāgiō, morbus, pestilentia. 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.