English → Latin
“complication” in Latin
congeriēsheap, pile, mass; collection, accumulationimplicātiōentanglement; involvementnōdusa knot (in rope); a knot (in wood); a knobperturbōto confuse; to disturb or perturb, trouble or alarmimpediōto hinder, impede, prevent, obstruct, hamper, thwart; to embarrassperplexusentangled, involved, intricate, confused; unintelligible, complicated, intricate, inscrutable, ambiguous; dark, obscurecumulōto heap, pile up, amass, accumulate; to fill by heaping, overload; to increase, augment
The English word complication itself goes back to Latin plicō, through complicatio.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
complication
congeries (mass, heap): implicatio (act of entangling): nodus (knot): Or by circumlocution with perturbatus: impeditus: perplexus; or by aliud super aliud acervatum or cumulatum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for complication?
- The usual Latin words for “complication” are congeriēs, implicātiō, nōdus; also perturbō, impediō, perplexus. 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.