English → Latin
“climate” in Latin
caelumheaven (where the stars and the Milky Way is); sky; climate, weatherāērair; the troposphere (situated below aethēr)climaslope, inclination; A Roman unit of area equivalent to a square with sides of 60 Roman feet.; climate, clime
The English word climate itself goes back to Latin clima.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
climate
with reference to temperature, caelum: natura caeli: temperatio caeli (Col.). The variableness of the climate, caeli varietas: aëris qualitas (nature of the air): aër (the air itself). Climate is often translated by regio when “a district” is spoken of with reference to its climate. A healthy climate, caeli salubritas, caelum salubre: aër salubris: an unhealthy climate, aër pestilens; caeli gravitas: the healthy climate of a country, salubris loci natura (opposed to pestilens natura loci). A mild climate, temperatio or temperies caeli; temperata caeli regio; aër temperatus calore or frigore: a warm climate, aër calidus: a cold climate, aër frigidus: regio refrigerata: to live in a warm climate, soli vicinum esse: to be born in a cold climate, refrigerata regione nasci. OBSERVE, clima, n. (κλίμα = inclinatio caeli, Vitr.), was not used in this sense till the time of Apul., etc.
Region, Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for climate?
- The usual Latin words for “climate” are caelum, āēr, clima. 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.