English → Latin
“rugged” in Latin
cōnfragōsusbroken, rough, unevensalebrōsusrough, rugged, uneveninconditusirregular, disordered, confused; uncouth, rudehorridusrough, bristly, shaggy; rude, rough, uncouth, unpolished, untrimmed; awful, dreadful, horrible, horrid, frightful, fearfhorridulusprotruding, jutting out; rugged, rough, unpolishedasperrough, uneven, coarse; unrefined, rude; sharp, newly mintedasprētuman uneven, rough placesalebrarut, irregularity, rough spot or patch; roughness
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
rugged
confragosus (PROP., also figuratively of speech): salebrosus (PROP. and figuratively): inconditus: horridus or (less strong) horridulus (figuratively of speech; opposed to levis): asper through, PROP.; also of speech, unpolished; opposed to cultus). Rugged places, aspera, sc. loca, plur.; aspreta, plur.; salebrae. To complain of rugged roads, salebras queri (†).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for rugged?
- The usual Latin words for “rugged” are cōnfragōsus, salebrōsus, inconditus; also horridus, horridulus, asper. 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.