English → Latin
“croak” in Latin
coaxōto croak (make sound of a frog)crociōto croak like a ravencrocitōto croak or caw loudly (like a raven)canōto sing, recite, play; to sound, play, blow (a trumpet), especially a military call; to foretell, predict, prophesyoccinōto sing or chirp inauspiciously (as to give an unfavourable omen); to sing, chirp, cry
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
croak
As a frog, coaxare: he ordered the frogs to cease croaking, obstrepentes ranas silere jussit (Suet., Oct., 94).
As a raven, crocire: crocitare (as the natural voice of the raven): canere: occinere (general term; also of a raven, etc., ; occinere, inasmuch as its croaking is taken as an omen): a raven croaked before the consul with a loud voice, corvus clara voce ante consulem occinuit.
Complain, Vid: CROAKER (= Complainer; colloqial), *qui reipublicae male ominatur; *qui desperare solet de republica (a political croaker): *qui de adversa or incommoda valetudine queri solet (about his health).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for croak?
- The usual Latin words for “croak” are coaxō, crociō, crocitō; also canō, occinō. 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.