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“venomous” in Latin
venēnōto poison, imbue or infect with poison; to injure by slander; to color; dyetingōto wet, moisten, dip (in), impregnate (with); to smear; to dip, immerse; to give to drink, treat; to colour, dye, tingeimbuōto wet, moisten, dip; to fill, tinge, stain, taint, infect, imbue; to accustom or impress early, inspire, imbuevīrulentuspoisonousacerbusharsh, bitter, unripe, sour, premature, not yet marriageable; sharp, severe, bitter (i.e., extremely painful); rough, viīrācundushasty of temper, hot-tempered, irritable, irascible, predisposed to anger, prone to anger, quick to anger; passionate, wfuribundusfrantic, frenzied; maddened, raving; inspired
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
venomous
PROP., venenatus (Cic.): veneno infectus, tinctus, imbutus: virulentus (Gell.). Venomous serpents, serpentes venenati (Nep.), virulenti (Gell.): their bite is venomous, venenum inspirant morsibus (Verg., poetical); morsus virus habent (Cels.).
Figuratively, acerbus: iracundus: furibundus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for venomous?
- The usual Latin words for “venomous” are venēnō, tingō, imbuō; also vīrulentus, acerbus, īrācundus. 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.