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“fiery” in Latin
igneusfiery, hot, on fire, burning; ardent, fervid, vehement; flame-coloured, bright reddish-yellowārdeōto burn (be consumed by fire); to glow; to glisten with a feature, usually with a colourfulgeōto blaze, flash, lighten, glitter, gleam, glare, glisten, shine; to be resplendent, illustrious, conspicuous (thanks to fervidusboiling, seething; glowing; boiling hot; fiery; fervidācersharp, sour, bitter, pungent; keen, sharp, acute, sagacious; energetic, active, vigorous
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fiery
PROPR., igneus: ardens (glowing, etc.).
IMPROPR., (a) Sparkling, ardens: fulgens. Fiery eyes, oculi ardentes, fulgentes: fiery color, coloris flamma. (b) Strong; e.g., wine, vinum validum (opposed to imbecillum, Plin., 14, 21, 27): vinum fervidum (hot, Hor., Sat., 2, 8, 38). (c) Full of spiritual or mental fire, etc., ardens (on fire, as it were; of the mind, a poet, etc.): fervidus (boiling up, as it were, with inward power or vivacity; e.g., youth, a speech): acer (energetic, strong, etc.; e.g., of an orator or his speech): calidus (full of warmth, etc., of the blood; also of a man himself). A fiery speech, oratio ardens, fervida; orationis incitatio: to be a fiery speaker, acrem esse in dicendo: fiery minds, ingenia fervida: a fiery horse, equus calidus or acer; equus ferocitate exsultans (while exhibiting his fiery temper): a fiery mind or temperament, ingenium ardens or fervidum a fiery youth, or a youth of fiery character, juvenis ferventis animi.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fiery?
- The usual Latin words for “fiery” are igneus, ārdeō, fulgeō; also fervidus, ācer. 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.