English → Latin
“climacteric, climacterical” in Latin
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
climacteric, climacterical
annus climactericus: annus aetatis, quern κλιμακτηρικόν appellant (Censorinus, de die nat. Gell., 15, 7; especially the sixty-third year). The climacterical years, anni climacterici: gradus aetatis humanae (Censorinus): scansilis annorum lex, quam κλιμακτῆρις appellant (Plin., 7, 49, 50). One’s climacteric or climacterical year, tempus climactericum. Any body is in his climacterical year, habet aliquis climactericum tempus (Plin., Ep., 2, 20, 4): to be in one’s first, second climacterical year, in primo, secundo, etc., aetatis gradu esse (Censorinus).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for climacteric, climacterical?
- The usual Latin words for “climacteric, climacterical” are censōrīnus, secundus. 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.