English → Latin
“frosty” in Latin
gelidusice-cold, icy, frosty; chillingfrīgiduscold, cool, chilling, frigid; indifferent, feeble; dull, flat, insipid, trivial, pointless, vainalsiōsuseasily freezing, susceptible to coldfrīguscold, coldness, coolness, chilliness; the cold of winter; winter; frost; the coldness of death; death
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
frosty
gelidus: frigidus: (The words are found in this connection and order.) frigidus et gelidus: alsiosus (bitterly cold; of aspects, etc.). Frosty weather, gelicidiorum tempestas: frigora, plur. (continued cold): the frosty weather injures anything, gelicidiorum tempestas nocet alicui rei. A frosty sky, caelum frigidum et gelidum (Plin.).
Without warmth, of affection, etc., frigidus: gelidus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for frosty?
- The usual Latin words for “frosty” are gelidus, frīgidus, alsiōsus; also frīgus. 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.