English → Latin
“fieriness” in Latin
impetusan attack, an assault, a charge; a rapid motion; impulse, vehemence, ardor, passioncalorwarmth, heat; glow; heat of passion, zeal, ardour; fire of love, ardent loveārdorflame, fire, heat; brightness, brilliancy (of the eyes); ardour, eagerness, ardent desireferōxwild, bold, fierce; defiant, arrogantferōcitāsfierceness, ferocityvīnumwine; grapes; a grapevinevigorvigor, liveliness, activity; power, strengthmēnsmind; intellect, reason; reasoning, judgement
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fieriness
impetus (the inward impulse): calor (warmth, zeal with which we do anything): ardor (great vivacity, glow, especially of the mind): ferocia (fiery temper; e.g., of young men; also IMPROP., of wine, vini, Plin.): ferocitas (e.g., of horses; as ferocia, then manifesting itself): The fieriness of the mind, vigor, ardor, fervor animi or mentis; of youth, juvenilis ardor; ferocia juvenum ardor aetatis: natural fieriness of temper, quaedam animi incitatio atque alacritas naturaliter innata.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fieriness?
- The usual Latin words for “fieriness” are impetus, calor, ārdor; also ferōx, ferōcitās, vīnum. 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.