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“raging” in Latin
rabidusraving, rabid, furious, savage, fierce; impulsive, passionate, impetuousrabiōsusmad, fierce, rabidfurōto rave, rage, or seethe; to be crazed, mad, or franticfuriōsusfull of madness or rage, furious, ragingfuribundusfrantic, frenzied; maddened, raving; inspiredsaevusfurious, ferocious, fierce, violent, barbarous, cruel, savageventusa windrabiēsrage; madnessfūrorto steal, plunder; to take away by stealth, remove secretly, to withdrawsaevitiaA raging; rage, ferocity, fierceness, fury.; Violence, savageness, savagery, cruelty, severity.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
raging adj.
rabidus (of animals and men; Vid: RABID): rabiosus (of animals, of men, and of things): furens: furiosus: furibundus (raving with passion): saevus (transported with rage: IMPROP., of things, mare, Sall.; ventus, Cic.).
raging s.
rabies: furor: saevitia [SYN. in FURY]: violentia (e.g., maris, venti: then, IMPROP., of the violence of men): saeva vis alicujus rei (the fearful strength of anything; e.g., morbi): impetus (the violent attack: e.g., the raging of a fever, impetus febris). The raging of the sea, violentia or (Velleius) saevitia maris.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for raging?
- The usual Latin words for “raging” are rabidus, rabiōsus, furō; also furiōsus, furibundus, saevus. 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.