English → Latin
“gale” in Latin
auraair; breezestrīdōto utter or make a shrill or harsh sound; creak, shriek, squeak, screech, grate, hiss, whistle, buzzviolēnssynonym of violentusventusa windflōto breathe, blow
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
gale
aura (any wind, not excluding strong gales; e.g., aura rapida, stridens, violentior, in the poets); also, IMPROP., ventus (general term for wind): flatus (mostly poetical: flatus aestiferi, Cic., from Arat.). A stiff gale, magnus ventus.
IMPROPR., aura. The gale of popular favor, popularis aura or ventus popularis (Cic.); aura favoris popularis (Liv., 22, 26).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for gale?
- The usual Latin words for “gale” are aura, strīdō, violēns; also ventus, flō. 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.