English → Latin
“incense” in Latin
tūsincensetūrĕusof frankincensetūrĭfĕrincense-bearingtūrĭbŭluma vessel to burn incense intūrārĭusbelonging to frankincense.incendōto set on fire, burn, kindle; to heat, make hot, scorch; to light up with fire, make a fire uponmoveōto move, stir, set in motion; to disturb, shake, remove; to arouse, excite, promote, producecommoveōto move something in violent motion, move; shake, stir, shift, agitate; to remove something from somewhere, carry away, iūdicōto examine judicially, judge, pass judgement, decide; condemn; to judge; proclaim; determine, conclude; adjudge
The English word incense itself goes back to Latin incendō, through incensum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
incense s.
tus (frankincense). To burn incense, tus accendere: (adjective) relating to incense, tureus: bearing incense, turifer. The vapor of incense, *fumus turis: censer of incense, turibulum; ☞ acerra was the box in which it was kept. A seller of incense, turarius (Inscript.).
incense v.
incendere (e.g., judicem, animum alicujus): accendere aliquem in rabiem: facere aliquem iratum: irritare aliquem or alicujus iram: stomachum alicui facere or movere: indignationem alicui movere: bilem alicui movere or commovere: pungere aliquem (to sting a man): offendere aliquem (to annoy; of persons or things): aegre facere alicui (Plaut., Terentianus). To incense anybody against anybody, aliquem facere alicui iratum. Incensed, ira incensus, or accensus, or incitatus, or flagrans: iracundia inflammatus (inflamed with anger; of high degrees of passion). To be incensed, iratum esse; with or against anybody, iratum or offensum esse alicui. He is incensed against me, illum iratum habeo. They are incensed against each other, ira inter eos intercessit. To be incensed, irasci: iratum fieri: indignari: stomachari: ira incendi, or exacerbari, or excandescere: iracundia exardescere, inflammari, efferri. To make anybody incensed, facere aliquem iratum: irritare aliquem or alicujus iram: exacerbare aliquem. Vid: ANGRY.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for incense?
- The usual Latin words for “incense” are tūs, tūrĕus, tūrĭfĕr; also tūrĭbŭlum, tūrārĭus, incendō. 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.