English → Latin
“consumptive” in Latin
tābidusmelting or wasting away, dissolving; decaying, rotting, consuming, putrefying; pining away, languishingphthisicusconsumptive, phthisical (suffering from consumption or phthisis)dēstrūctīvusdestructive
The English word consumptive itself goes back to Latin sūmptus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
consumptive
tabidus (general term): phthisicus (φθισικός, phthisical, Vitr., Plin.): to be consumptive, *tabe laborare [Sidon., phthisiscare]. [Vid: also, CONSUMPTION.]
Destructive. Vid:
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for consumptive?
- The usual Latin words for “consumptive” are tābidus, phthisicus, dēstrūctīvus. 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.