English → Latin
“hairy” in Latin
pīluma pounder, pestle; a heavy javelin, throwing spear, of the Roman soldiercrīniōto provide or cover with hair or leaves, foliagecapillātusHaving hair, hairy.comātushaving long hair; leafyintōnsusunshaven, unshorn; leafy (not cut)pilōsushairy, shaggysaetōsusbristly; shaggycapillōsusfull of hair; very hairycomōsushairy (having lots of, or long hair); leafy (having many leaves)capillāceusOf or related to hair, hairy.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
hairy
pilo or pilis vestitus: crinitus: capillatus: comatus (covered with hair; opposed to calvus: ☞ crinitus mostly of objects covered with anything resembling hair; e.g., stella crinita, etc.): intonsus (unshorn; of him whose hair is not cut; hence = capillatus): pilosus: setosus: capillosus: comosus (overgrown with hair; opposed to raripilus; ☞ SYN. in HAIR). A man that is hairy all over, hirtus: to be hairy, pilos habere: naturally hairy, pilo or pilis integi, or vestiri (e.g., of animals, etc.; opposed to pilo carere).
Of the nature of hair, capillaceus: rather hairy than woolly, pilo propior quam lanae (Plin., 8, 48, 73).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for hairy?
- The usual Latin words for “hairy” are pīlum, crīniō, capillātus; also comātus, intōnsus, pilōsus. 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.