English → Latin
“conflagration” in Latin
incendiumA fire, inferno, conflagration; heat; torch.; passion, vehemenceignisfire; beacon, signal by firecōnflagrātiōa conflagration, burningexstinguōto quench, extinguish, put out; to destroy, kill, slay, abolish
The English word conflagration itself goes back to Latin flagrō, through cōnflagrātiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
conflagration
incendium: ignis (fire = conflagration): conflagratio (Sen., conflagratio atque diluvium), incendium commune (if it rages at many places at the same time: Vid: Cic., Phil., 10, 10, 21: Liv., 28, 42, 10): the conflagration increases, incendium crescit (opposed to decrescit): the conflagration is extinguished or put out, incendium restinguitur or exstinguitur: to be consumed by a conflagration, incendio or flammis conflagrare: Vid: FIRE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for conflagration?
- The usual Latin words for “conflagration” are incendium, ignis, cōnflagrātiō; also exstinguō. 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.