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“sultry” in Latin
fervidusboiling, seething; glowing; boiling hot; fiery; fervidaestuōsushot; sultry; agitateddiēsA solar or sidereal day of about 24 hours, especially (historical) Roman dates reckoned from one midnight to the next.;
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sultry
fervidus: aestuosus (e.g., dies). It is sultry, sol aestuat: the most sultry part of the day, fervidissimum diei tempus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sultry?
- The usual Latin words for “sultry” are fervidus, aestuōsus, diēs. 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.