English → Latin
“rabid” in Latin
furōto rave, rage, or seethe; to be crazed, mad, or franticfuriōsusfull of madness or rage, furious, ragingīnsānusmad, insane, dementedrabidusraving, rabid, furious, savage, fierce; impulsive, passionate, impetuous
The English word rabid itself goes back to Latin rabiō, through rabidus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
rabid
furens, furiosus (furious, raving): insanus (mad): rabidus (in the best age only in poetry; but rabies, and even rabide, occur in classical prose, so that rabidus is not to be regarded as unclassical in prose, Krebs). Vid: also, FURIOUS.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for rabid?
- The usual Latin words for “rabid” are furō, furiōsus, īnsānus; also rabidus. 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.