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“gout” in Latin

The English word gout itself goes back to Latin gutta.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

gout
arthritis (ἀρθρῖτις, medical technical term, of the moderns and ancients), or, pure Latin, morbus articularis, or articularius, or dolor (dolores) artuum or articulorum (pain in the joints): chiragra (gout in the hands): podagrae morbus (ποδάγρα, if in the legs, as complaint): podagrae or pedum dolores (as pain): *gonagra (technical term, in the knees): Subject to the gout, arthriticus; podagricus (if in the feet): anybody has the gout, artus alicujus laborant: to suffer much from the gout, magnos articulorum dolores habere (general term): to be tormented by a fit of the gout, maximis podagrae doloribus cruciari; podagrae doloribus ardere: to suffer so much from the gout, that, etc., tantis pedum doloribus affici, ut, etc.: to get the gout, in podagrae morbum incidere: to bring on the gout, podagram creare: one who suffers from the gout, podagricus (ποδαγρικός), or, pure Latin, pedibus aeger.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for gout?
The usual Latin words for “gout” are arthrītis, artĭcŭlārĭus, articulus; also chīrā̆gra, dolor, artus. 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.