English → Latin
“tribulation” in Latin
maestitiasadness, sorrow, grief, dejection, melancholymaerormourning, grief, lamentation; sorrowmiseriamisfortune; misery (great unhappiness)aerumnaneed, want; trouble, toil, hardship; distress, tribulation, calamity
The English word tribulation itself goes back to Latin trībulum, through tribulatio.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
tribulation
maestitia: maeror (sorrow, grief): miseria: aerumna: res miserae (calamity). Vid. CALAMITY, SORROW.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for tribulation?
- The usual Latin words for “tribulation” are maestitia, maeror, miseria; also aerumna. 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.