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“chill” in Latin
frīguscold, coldness, coolness, chilliness; the cold of winter; winter; frost; the coldness of death; deathalgorcold, chilliness; cold weathergelū̆frost; cold, chillhorrorbristling (standing on end); shaking, shivering, chill; dread, terror, horroraquawaterpōtiōdrinking; drink, draught, potionfrīgiduscold, cool, chilling, frigid; indifferent, feeble; dull, flat, insipid, trivial, pointless, vainalgeōto be or feel cold or chilly; to become cold or chilly; to be neglected (left in the cold)algiduscold (i.e., so cold as to be uncomfortable)refrīgerōto cool (off); to chill, to cool; to refresh
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
chill s.
frigus (as causing frost. etc, opposed to calor; hence, also, the chill produced by fever, and figuratively of the coldness of indifference): algor (the chill, inasmuch as it is felt): gelu (inasmuch as it freezes anything, used only in the ablative): horror (the chill in a fever): water with the chill taken off, aqua (potio. etc) egelida et frigidae potior (Cels.). To take the chill off anything, *aliquid egelidum facere, egelare (late; Caelius Aurelianus).
chill adj.
subfrigidus (late): frigidus: algens: algidus [SYN. in COLD]. Vid: Egelidus is that from which the chill has been taken off, the ex being privative. To be chill, frigere: algere: (figuratively) languere: to become chill, frigescere: refirigescere: refrigerari.
chill v.
refrigerare (also figuratively, “to chill,” “to damp”): firigidum facere. FIG., refrigerare: comprimere: reprimere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for chill?
- The usual Latin words for “chill” are frīgus, algor, gelū̆; also horror, aqua, pōtiō. 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.