English → Latin
“cough” in Latin
tundōto beat; to strike; to buffet; to pound; to bruise; to crush; to pulp; to bray (as in a mortar); to harangue; to assail;tussiscoughtussĭcŭlōsuscoughing muchtussiōto coughlevōto raise, elevate, lift up; to make light, lighten; to relieve, ease, comfortdiscutiōto strike asunder, dash to pieces, shatter; to scatter or disperse, dissipate (especially an enemy); to examine, discusssānōto heal, cure; to restore, repair, correct
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cough
tussis. A dry cough, tussis sicca, quae nihil emolitur: a slight cough, tussicula: inclined to a cough, tussiculosus (late): to have a cough, tussire; *tussi laborare: a bad cough, male tussire: to alleviate, to relieve the cough, tussim inhibere, levare, discutere, sanare: a tussi liberare (of the remedy).
cough v.
tussire. Not to expectorate in coughing, in tussi nihil exscreare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cough?
- The usual Latin words for “cough” are tundō, tussis, tussĭcŭlōsus; also tussiō, levō, discutiō. 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.