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“wild” in Latin
feruswild, savage, fierce, cruel; uncivilized, uncultivated; untamed, roughferīnusof or belonging to wild animals; brutishimmānisimmense, enormous, huge, vast; brutal, inhuman, frightful, savagesilvesterwooded; woodland; wild, untamedagrestisrural; rustic; wild (of or pertaining to land, fields or the countryside); clownish; rude; uncultivated; coarse; savage;incultusuntilled, uncultivated; neglected; unadorned, unpolishedhorridusrough, bristly, shaggy; rude, rough, uncouth, unpolished, untrimmed; awful, dreadful, horrible, horrid, frightful, fearfvāstusEmpty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert.; Desolate, deserted, made lonely.; Wasted by destruction, laid waste, ravaged, deferōxwild, bold, fierce; defiant, arrogantrudisrough, raw, uncultivated; unrefined, unskilled, awkward; rude
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
wild
Not tame, ferus: ferinus (†): immanis (opposed to humanus, mitis): wild beasts, ferae or immanes bestiae; or simply ferae; belluae silvestres (opposed to bestiae cicures): a wild ass, onager: a wild boar, aper: a wild bull, taurus silvester (Plin.); urus (Caes.): a wild horse, equus ferus.
Not cultivated, silvester: agrestis (of plants): incultus: horridus: vastus (of the soil).
Rude, uncultivated, savage, ferus (uncivilized): ferox (of fierce aspect): agrestis (clownish; opposed to urbanus, humanus): immanis (unmannerly; opposed to humanus, mansuetus): incultus (unpolished; opposed to cultus, politus): rudis (coarse, rude in manner; opposed to humanus, urbanus): barbarus (opposed to doctus, politus). A wild mode of life, vita fera agrestisque.
Violent, furious, saevus: ferox: a wild look, vultus trux; oculi truces: a wild and confused cry, clamor inconditus turbidusque.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for wild?
- The usual Latin words for “wild” are ferus, ferīnus, immānis; also silvester, agrestis, incultus. 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.