English → Latin
“congeal” in Latin
congelōto freeze together, congeal; to freeze, make stiff; to grow stiff, be petrifieddūrēscōto harden, grow hardcoeōto assemble, meet, come together; to encounter, come up against; to copulate, have sexspissōto thicken, condense; to urge on, hasten (an action)coāgulōto curdle; make thick, solid; to coagulateineōto enter, go into; to begin; to have sexual intercourse
The English word congeal itself goes back to Latin gelū̆, through congelare.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
congeal
congelari; nive concrescere; frigoribus conglaciare; gelu consistere; from the context also durescere (almost all in Cic., N.D., 2, 10, init.): se congelare (to freeze, to congeal by getting cold): coire (to run together, to curdle and thus congeal): spissari (general term to grow thick, consistent). (the words are found in this connexion and order), spissari et in densitatem coire (all of any liquid mass): coagulari (to curdle, of milk, and liquors of that nature; then coagulate, of any liquid mass): to cause or make to congeal, congelare (by letting anything get cold); coagulare (by runnet, etc.): lac gelatum, concretum (curd).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for congeal?
- The usual Latin words for “congeal” are congelō, dūrēscō, coeō; also spissō, coāgulō, ineō. 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.