English → Latin
“chafe” in Latin
fricōto rub; to chafeirrītōto incite, excite, stimulate, instigate, provoke; to exasperate, irritateīnflammōto ignite, inflame; to excite, inflame, enkindle, set afire or on fire, ignitebīlisbile; anger, gallcommoveōto move something in violent motion, move; shake, stir, shift, agitate; to remove something from somewhere, carry away, atterōto wear away, rub away; to grind; to chafeincendōto set on fire, burn, kindle; to heat, make hot, scorch; to light up with fire, make a fire uponaestusheat; fire; tideīraire, anger, wrathīrācundiairritability, a proneness to anger, hastiness of temper, irascibility, wrathfulness
The English word chafe itself goes back to Latin faciō, through calefaciō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
chafe
heat with rubbing, fricare: *fricando refovere.
Inflame with rage, irritare; alicujus iram concitare or irritare: aliquem in iram concitare: aliquem incendere, inflammare, aliquem iratum reddere: alicujus iram concire: bilem or stomachum alicui movere or commovere: calefacere aliquem (Cic., in the language of conversation).
Gall, atterere. [Vid: EXCORIATE].
INTRANS., gravius commoveri: (ira) incendi: inflammari: exardescere: (ira) excandescere: irasci: exardescere iracundia et stomacho (Cic.).
chafe s.
aestus: ira: impetus et ira: iracundia. To be in a chafe, ira incendi, etc. Vid. CHAFE, v.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for chafe?
- The usual Latin words for “chafe” are fricō, irrītō, īnflammō; also bīlis, commoveō, atterō. 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.