English → Latin
“hungry” in Latin
ēsuriōto be hungry, to hunger for somethingpremōto press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm; to tighten, compress, shorten, press closely, squeeze; to make,ieiūnusfasting, abstinent, hungry; dry, barren, unproductive; scanty, meager
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
hungry
esuriens (also figuratively = desirous of): edundi appetens (having a desire to eat): fame laborans or pressus (suffering from want of food): jejunus (still fasting). To be or feel hungry, esurire: cibi appetentem esse: fame laborare, premi (to be suffering from hunger). Augustus used to eat before the usual dinner-time, whenever and wherever he felt hungry. Octavianus vescebatur et ante cenam quocuinque tempore et loco, quo stomachus desiderasset.
IMPROPR., A hungry soil, solum exile et macrum (Cic.): ager macrior (Varr.) or macerrimus (Col.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for hungry?
- The usual Latin words for “hungry” are ēsuriō, premō, ieiūnus. 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.