English → Latin
“defluxion” in Latin
dēlāborto fall, sink or slip down; to glide or fly down; to sink or descendrheumătismusrheumdēstīllātiōdripping down; distilling; rheum, catarrhnārisnostril; nose; opening; orifice; vent; air-hole
The English word defluxion itself goes back to Latin dēfluxĭo.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
defluxion
delapsus (the gliding down): fluxio; rheumatismus (of the humours of the body, fluxiones omnes, quas rheumatismos vocant, Vid: Plin., 28, 8, 24): destillatio (a defluxion or running; e.g., of the nose, naris). I am suffering from defluxions, *rheumatismis laboro: destillationes male me habent (from colds, catarrh): [☞ defluxio, Firm., Math., ; caelius, Aur.: defluxus, Apul.].
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for defluxion?
- The usual Latin words for “defluxion” are dēlābor, rheumătismus, dēstīllātiō; also nāris. 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.