English → Latin
“fume” in Latin
īraire, anger, wrathīrācundiairritability, a proneness to anger, hastiness of temper, irascibility, wrathfulnessēbriusdrunk, drunken, intoxicated; fullexcandēscōto kindle; to catch fire; to become angry, enraged with passion; (figuratively) to grow hot or burn with anger, rage, or
The English word fume itself goes back to Latin fūmus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fume s.
Smoke, Vid:
Vapour, Vid: : halitus: anhelitus (the fume of wine, etc.: postero die ex ore [ebriorum] halitus cadi, Plin.): crapula (κραιπάλη), the fumes of wine that one has drunk). To sleep off the fumes of the wine, crapulam edormire atque exhalare (Cic.).
Heats of passion, ira: impetus et ira: iracundia (passionateness).
fume
To smoke, Vid:
To pass away in vapor [Vid: To EVAPORATE].
To be hot with anger, ira incendi, excandescere: furenter irasci: effervescere stomacho iracundiaque vehementius: ira or iracundia ardere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fume?
- The usual Latin words for “fume” are īra, īrācundia, ēbrius; also excandēscō. 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.