English → Latin
“gangrene” in Latin
gangraenagangrenecariēsdecay, rot, rottenness, corruptionulcerōto make soreafficiōto cause someone to experience something; to visit, inflict, bestow; to treat, manage, handle; to influence, have an eff
The English word gangrene itself goes back to Latin gangraena.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
gangrene
gangraena (Cels., and figuratively, Varr., ap. Non.): caries (of decay in bones). A gangrene spreads, gangraena serpit.
gangrene v.
TRANS, and INTRANS., by circumlocution with gangraena tenet aliquid, or *per aliquid membrum permeavit (after Varr., ap. Non.); gangraena or morbo eo,” quam Graeci γάγγραιναν appellant” (Cels., 5, 26, 31) affici: ulcerari.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for gangrene?
- The usual Latin words for “gangrene” are gangraena, cariēs, ulcerō; also afficiō. 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.