English → Latin
“wretchedness” in Latin
miseriamisfortune; misery (great unhappiness)afflīgōto strike, beat, dash (against); cast or throw down, prostrate; to afflict, damage, injure, crush, break or ruin; to humcalamitāsloss, damage, harm; misfortune, calamity, disaster; military defeataerumnaneed, want; trouble, toil, hardship; distress, tribulation, calamityvexātiōshaking (or similar violent movement); agitation; discomfort, annoyance, hardship, distressegestāsneed, want, povertyversōto turn often, keep turning, handle, whirl about, turn over; to treat, manage; to pervert, alter, change
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
wretchedness
miseria (general term): res misene or afflictae (sad circumstances, pitiable state of affairs): calamitas (occasioned by loss): aerumnae: vexationes (distress): egestas (bitter poverty): angustiae temporum (bad times): tempora luctuosa (mournful times). To be in wretchedness, in miseria esse or versari; in summa infelicitate versari; iniquissima fortuna uti: to be born to wretchedness, ad miseriam or miseriis ferendis natum esse: to deliver from wretchedness, a miseria vindicare; ex miseriis eripere: to alleviate the wretchedness of anyone, miseriis aliquem levare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for wretchedness?
- The usual Latin words for “wretchedness” are miseria, afflīgō, calamitās; also aerumna, vexātiō, egestās. 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.