English → Latin
“ice” in Latin
glaciēsice; hardnessconglaciōto freeze (turn to ice)dūrēscōto harden, grow hardglaciālisicy, frozen, glacialgelidusice-cold, icy, frosty; chillingMăcrŏbĭusa Roman grammarian at the end of the fourth century, author of a commentary on Cicero's
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
ice
glacies. Thick ice, glacies durata et alte concreta: to turn to ice, conglaciare or conglaciari; congelascere; (frigoribus) durescere [Vid: To FREEZE]. To break or cut through ice, dolabris glaciem perfringere: cold as ice, glacialis; gelidus: to be cold as ice (figuratively, of persons), totum frigere (Ter., Phorm., 5, 9, 5): to make anything as cold as ice, ad nivalem rigorem perducere (Macrobius, of water): a field of ice, *planities glaciata.
Iced drink, potio nivata (Sen.); aqua nivata (iced water): *sorbitio nivata (our ice).
Ice-house, Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for ice?
- The usual Latin words for “ice” are glaciēs, conglaciō, dūrēscō; also glaciālis, gelidus, Măcrŏbĭus. 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.