English → Latin
“hell” in Latin
impiusdisloyal, undutiful; godless, impious, unpatriotic; damned, accursedscelerōto defile, contaminate, polluteLactantiusA masculine cognomen — famously held byprūdēnswise, prudent; skilful, knowledgeable (in a specific matter)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
hell
sedes ac regio, quam scelerati (impii) apud inferos habitant, sceleratorum (impiorum) sedes ac regio (with Cic., Cluent., 61, 171): loca inferna, -orum (opposed to caelum, Lactantius, 6, 3, 11). ☞ Inferi denotes, general term, the region of the dead; and Tartarus (Τάρταρος), as also, abyssus (ἄβυσσος, Prudentius. Hamart., 834), are poetic: to go to hell, agi praecipitem in sceleratorum sedem ac regionem (Cic., l. c.): a descent into hell, *descensus in sedem ac regionem sceleratorum: the torments of hell, supplicia, quae impii apud inferos perferunt (with Cic., Cluent., 61, 171).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for hell?
- The usual Latin words for “hell” are impius, scelerō, Lactantius; also prūdēns. 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.