English → Latin
“dearth” in Latin
pēnūriawant, need, scarcityinopshelpless, destitute, indigent, poor; deprived, lacking, needy (+ genitive or ab + ablative); mean, wretched, contemptiblfamēshungerpremōto press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm; to tighten, compress, shorten, press closely, squeeze; to make,
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dearth
inopia et fames; of corn, inopia et caritas rei frumentariae: to suffer from dearth, fame or inopia et fame premi.
ImPROP., Want; deficiency, penuria: inopia. A dearth of friends, penuria amicorum; of arguments, inopia argumentorum: to be suffering from a dearth of anything, alicujus rei inopia laborare or premi; ab aliqua re laborare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dearth?
- The usual Latin words for “dearth” are pēnūria, inops, famēs; also premō. 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.