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“warm” in Latin
tepefaciōto warm upcalefaciōto warm or heat; to rouse or excitefoveōto warm, keep warm; to nurture, cherish, foster; to foment, bathecalēscōto grow warm, warm up; be heated; to become inflamed or inspiredtepēscōto grow warm, to become lukewarm; to coolexcandēscōto kindle; to catch fire; to become angry, enraged with passion; (figuratively) to grow hot or burn with anger, rage, orrefoveōto warm again; to restore, revive, refreshrecoquōto recook etc.hesternusyesterday'scaliduswarm, hot; fiery, fierce, vehement; spirited, impassioned
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
warm v.
Transitively, tepefacere (to make lukewarm): calefacere (to make hot): fovere (to warm by internal or animal heat). To warm one’s self, corpus calefacere or refovere: to warm one’s self at the fire, igni admoto artus refovere: to warm again, recalefacere (e.g., water): recoquere (to dress again; e.g., food). Warmed up cabbage, crambe repetita (Juv., 7, 154): warmed up again, hesternus (i. e., prepared for yesterday’s dinner e.g., soup warmed up again, jus hesternum): to keep meat warm (on hot plates), epulas fovere foculis ferventibus (on hot pans of coals).
Intransitively, calefieri, calescere; tepefieri, tepescere (PROP.); excandescere (figuratively).
warm adj.
PROP., calidus (the proper word; opposed to frigidus): tepidus (lukewarm): fervidus (very warm, hot): spissus (thick, and so promoting warmth; of clothing). A warm day, dies calidus: warm water, aqua calida, or, simply, calida, calda: a warm winter, hiems tepida: a warm bath, balneum calidum; calida (sing.); thermae (plur.): to be warm, calere: fervere, candere (to be very warm): it is warm (of the weather), calet aer; calida est tempestas: to grow warm, calescere, calefieri; also, (of the weather) incalescere.
Figuratively, calidus: acer: incitatus: intentus: intimus (of friendship, etc.). A warm imagination, calidior, acrior quaedam vis imaginandi: he is a very warm friend to me, illum habeo amicorum principem (Cic.): warm friendship, love, amicitia intima: amor intimus: there was warm work that day (in fighting), acriter, pertinaciter, magna virium contentione pugnatum est hoc die: to be a warm friend of liberty, or of one’s country, studiosissimum, amantissimum esse libertatis, salutis publicae.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for warm?
- The usual Latin words for “warm” are tepefaciō, calefaciō, foveō; also calēscō, tepēscō, excandēscō. 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.