English → Latin
“cragged, craggy” in Latin
saxōsusrocky, stonyscopulōsusrocky, shelvy, craggy; projecting like rockssalebrōsusrough, rugged, unevencōnfragōsusbroken, rough, unevenscaberrough, scabrous; scabby, mangy, itchyasprētuman uneven, rough placehorridusrough, bristly, shaggy; rude, rough, uncouth, unpolished, untrimmed; awful, dreadful, horrible, horrid, frightful, fearf
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cragged, craggy
saxosus: scopulosus (full of crags): salebrosus (rough): confragosus (of plains where holes, stones, etc., are met with, and which are difficult to pass): scaber (rough, opposed to levis): a cragged place, locus asper or salebrosus: aspretum (with reference to soil), also solum asperum or horridum.
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- What is the Latin word for cragged, craggy?
- The usual Latin words for “cragged, craggy” are saxōsus, scopulōsus, salebrōsus; also cōnfragōsus, scaber, asprētum. 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.