English → Latin
“fog” in Latin
nebulafog; cloud; vaporcālīgōfog, mist, vapor; darkness, gloom; fog, darkness (inability to perceive mentally)chorduslate-born; produced late (or out of season)surgōto rise; to arise; to rise from bed; to get up; to stand up; to lift up; to straighten; to occur; to take place; to aris
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fog
A mist, nebula: caligo (inasmuch as it produces darkness). A thick fog, nebula densa (opposed to nebula subtilis): a cold fog, nebula frigida: the rivers are covered with a thick fog, caligant flumina nebulis: a thick fog covered the whole forest and the surrounding country, densa nebula saltum omnem camposque circa intexit: the fog is so thick that one can’t see, nebula adeo densa est, ut lucis usum eripiat: the fog rises, nebulae de terra, surgunt; nebula in nubes levatur: like fog, nebulae similis.
After-grass, foenum auctumnale or chordum; to cut it, secare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fog?
- The usual Latin words for “fog” are nebula, cālīgō, chordus; also surgō. 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.