English → Latin
“freeze” in Latin
congelōto freeze together, congeal; to freeze, make stiff; to grow stiff, be petrifiedineōto enter, go into; to begin; to have sexual intercoursegelōto freeze, cause to congeal; to frighten, petrify, cause to become rigid with fright
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
freeze
congelari; nive concrescere: frigoribus conglaciare: gelu consistere: from the context, also durescere only (almost all Cic., Nat. D., 2, 10, init.). It is freezing, gelascit: it has been freezing, gelavit: rivers frozen over, amnes gelati (Plin.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for freeze?
- The usual Latin words for “freeze” are congelō, ineō, gelō. 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.