English → Latin
“rough” in Latin
asperrough, uneven, coarse; unrefined, rude; sharp, newly mintedsalebrōsusrough, rugged, unevencōnfragōsusbroken, rough, unevenprocellōsusfull of storms, stormy, procellous, tempestuoushorridusrough, bristly, shaggy; rude, rough, uncouth, unpolished, untrimmed; awful, dreadful, horrible, horrid, frightful, fearfincultusuntilled, uncultivated; neglected; unadorned, unpolishedinhūmānusinhuman; savage, barbarous; uncivil, unmannerly, churlish, discourteousinurbānusrustic, ungraceful, unmannerlyinconditusirregular, disordered, confused; uncouth, rudelēnissoft, smooth, gentle, moderate, mild, calm; gradual
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
rough
asper (opposed to levis or lenis; of roughness that causes pain, as of thorns, etc.; also of the sea, and of the voice): salebrosus (rugged): confragosus (with broken fragments of rock, etc., in wild confusion): procellosus (stormy): horridus: horridus et durus: asperi animi (rough in mind): incultus: inhumanus: inurbanus (rough in manners): infabre factus, inconditus, non artificiosus (roughly made, not well finished). The rough breathing (in grammar), spiritus asper.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for rough?
- The usual Latin words for “rough” are asper, salebrōsus, cōnfragōsus; also procellōsus, horridus, incultus. 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.