English → Latin
“inveigh” in Latin
vehemēnsvery eager; impetuous, ardent, furious; vehement; emphaticpetulānspert, saucy, impudent, wanton; freakish; petulantasperrough, uneven, coarse; unrefined, rude; sharp, newly minteddēclāmōto practise speaking, declaim, make speeches; to speak with violence, bluster, bawl
The English word inveigh itself goes back to Latin vehō, through invehō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
inveigh
(against anybody or anything)(against anybody or anything), invehi in aliquem or in aliquam rem (often with vehementer or vehementius; petulanter, aspere; acerbe et contumeliose, etc.): insectari aliquem vehementius: to be fond of inveighing against, libenter invehi in aliquem. (The words are found in this connection and order.) acerbius in aliquem invehi insectarique vehementius. AINSWORTH, in aliquem dehiscere, declamare, maledictis insectari.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for inveigh?
- The usual Latin words for “inveigh” are vehemēns, petulāns, asper; also dēclāmō. 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.