English → Latin
“starvation” in Latin
famēshungerinediafasting, starvationpereōto perish, pass away, die, be ruined; to vanish, disappear, come to nothing; to leak; to be absorbedabsūmōto diminish, take away, use up, consume, exhaust; to ruin, destroy, annihilate, corrupt; to killcōnsūmōto take wholly or completely; to consume, devour, waste, squander, use up; annihilate, destroy, bring to naught; to killcōnficiōto prepare, accomplish, complete, execute; settle, close a bargain; traverse; to produce, cause, bring about, effect, se
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
starvation
fames (hunger): inedia (abstinence from food). To die of starvation, fame mori, perire, absumi, consumi, confici.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for starvation?
- The usual Latin words for “starvation” are famēs, inedia, pereō; also absūmō, cōnsūmō, cōnficiō. 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.