English → Latin
“brook” in Latin
rīvusa small stream (of water); brook, stream, rivulet; an artificial watercourse; channel, conduit, canal; a gutterrīvulusA small brook, rill, rivulet.; A small channel, small artificial watercourse; small gutter.torreōto scorch, burn, parch; to roast, bake; to nip, pinchrīvālisOf or pertaining to a brook.ferōto bear; to carry; to support, hold up; to suffer, tolerate, endure, beardēvorōto swallow, gulp down, or devour; enjoy; to swallow down, repress, suppress, check, bear with patience; to absorbdolorpain, ache, hurt; anguish, grief, sorrow; indignation, resentment, anger, fury, vengeancemolestiatrouble, troublesomeness, irksomeness; uneasiness, annoyance; molestationlacrimaa tear (drop of liquid from crying); a tear or gumdrop exuding from plants
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
brook
rivus. Little brook. rivulus. A rushing brook, torrens. Of a brook, rivalis. Brook water, aqua rivalis.
brook v.
ferre; devorare (to swallow; e.g., dolorem, molestiam, lacrimas). To brook injustice patiently, injuriam aequo animo recipere. He brooked the wrong silently, Tac. tulit injuriam. To brook it ill, aegre ferre.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for brook?
- The usual Latin words for “brook” are rīvus, rīvulus, torreō; also rīvālis, ferō, dēvorō. 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.