English → Latin
“curl” in Latin
torqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve; to twist, wind, bend awry, distort; to hurl violently, twirl (around the convolvōto roll together, up or around; coil, wrap; to fasten together, interweave, interlace; to unroll and roll up; look overinvolvōto roll to or upon something; to roll about, wrap up, envelop, involve; cover, overwhelm; curl, coil up; veil; to involvcrispōto curl, crimp; to make rough or variegated; strew or plant (with); to swing, brandishconvertōto turn upside-down; to invert; to turn over (soil etc); to turn back or recoilcomaThe hair of the head.; foliage, ears, blades, stalks of trees, grass (as though resembling hair)crīnishair of the head, lock of hair, plume; tail of a cometcapillusa single hair; hair (plurally); a head of hair: locks, tressescurvōto crook, bend, bow, curveincurvōto bend inwards, bow, curve
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
curl v.
TR., torquere: convolvere: involvere [Vid: To TWIST]: crispare: concrispare (to make curly, in general): To curl one’s hair, calamistro intorquere or convertere: calamistro ornare: calamistro inurere; also inurere only (with a curling-iron; e.g., comam, crines, capillos). Curled hair, capillus crispus: curled locks, concrispati capilli (Vitrvius): curled (with an iron), calamistratus (also of one who has his hair curled in that way).
curl
INTR.,
To twist itself, curvari: se curvare: incurvari (to round itself, or assume a circular form, of things); also crispari; leniter inflecti; se crispare or concrispare: se vertere or vertere only; se convertere; converti; se torquere; se versare; circumagi; ferri; se convertere et torquere circum aliquid; ambire aliquid; versari, volvi, ferri circa aliquid [SYN. in To TWIST]: one whose hair curls naturally, cirratus: hair that curls naturally, cirrus (generally used in the plur.). Curling (of vapours), se concrispans (Vitrvius).
curl s.
cirrus (a natural curl): having natural curls, cirratus: cincinnus (an artificial curl); he who wears them (cincinnatus): annulus (a ringlet): the ends of curls, cincinnorum fimbriae.
Undulation, fluctus (a curling of the waves, as well as the wave itself).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for curl?
- The usual Latin words for “curl” are torqueō, convolvō, involvō; also crispō, convertō, coma. 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.