English → Latin
“loud” in Latin
clārusclear, bright; renowned, famous, famed, distinguished, illustrious, celebrated, glorious; upstanding, respectedmagnusgreat, large, big; (of things) vast, extensive, spacious (of physical size or quantity); great, grand, mighty, noble, loclāmōto cry out, clamor, shout, yell, exclaim; to call, to call to; to address as, call by namevōciferorto cry out, shout, scream, exclaimfremōto murmur, mutter, grumble, growl at or after something; to complain loudly; to roar, growl, hum, rumble, buzz, howl, sn
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
loud
clarus (opposed to obtusus), magnus (opposed to exiguus); vox clara, magna (both of the voice: ☞ not vox alta, Ruhnken, Dict. ad Ter., p. 74). A loud cry, clamor clarus (Plaut.): to utter a loud voice, clamare, vociferari (Cic.): to make a loud noise, fremere (especially of a multitude): to speak out loud, vocem mittere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for loud?
- The usual Latin words for “loud” are clārus, magnus, clāmō; also vōciferor, fremō. 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.