English → Latin
“come down” in Latin
dēveniōto come down, descend; come from or to; arrive at (from somewhere), land at, reachdēscendōto climb down, to go or come down, to descend; to march down; to pierce, to penetratecorruōto fall down, totter, collapse; (rare) to overthrowdēlāborto fall, sink or slip down; to glide or fly down; to sink or descenddēfluōto flow or run down; to move, float or swim downwards or downstream softly or gradually; flow or stream down; glide downdēgrediorto go down, march down, descendaccēdōto go or come toward, approach, reach; to advance, attack; to be added, join
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
come down
devenire: descendere: corruere (fall dawn, of houses, etc.): delabi (glide down): defluere (of rain): degredi: to come down to anybody’s terms, ad conditionem descendere, accedere. FIG., “to come down to,” (i. e.) to be handed down to; e.g., haec in tempora or usque ad nostra tempora durare: ad nostram memoriam manere (of written and other monuments, etc., in which sense aetatem ferre: pervenire ad nos or nostram aetatem are without ancient authority): tradi ab antiquis usque ad nostram aetatem (of a custom, manners, etc.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for come down?
- The usual Latin words for “come down” are dēveniō, dēscendō, corruō; also dēlābor, dēfluō, dēgredior. 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.