English → Latin
“snarling” in Latin
gannītusa yelping, barking; chirping, twittering; snarling, grumbling, moaning, whining; tattlingfēstusOf or pertaining to holidays; festive, festal, joyful, merry.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
snarling s.
gannitio (Festus, p. 74 and 109): gannitus (also, figuratively, of men).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for snarling?
- The usual Latin words for “snarling” are gannītus, fēstus. 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.