English → Latin
“deluge” in Latin
superfundōto pour over or upon; to shower something upon, give something profuselyinundōto overflow, inundate, floodirrigōto water or irrigate; to flood or inundate; to overwhelmIūstīnusa male given name, feminine equivalent Iūstīna, equivalent to Koine Greek Ἰουστῖνος (Ioustînos) or English Justin; Justi
The English word deluge itself goes back to Latin lavō, through dīluvium.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
deluge s.
PROP., [Vid: FLOOD.]
FIG., magna vis alicujus rei; *superfusa alicujus rei copia (☞ Quint., 1, 2, 28; but not in this sense); or by participle superfusus. A deluge of enemies, hostes superfusi; of the Albanian race, Albani gens superfusa (e.g., montibus Caucasiis, Plin.).
deluge v.
inundare (PROP., and figuratively): cf., irrigare, in this sense, is poetical in Liv., 7, 3: superfundi (with dative, PROP. and figuratively: in figurative sense also, superfundere se with dative or accusative with in; e.g., causa superfundendi se Italiae; superfudit deinde se in Asiam. Tac. joins nube ipsa operire ac superfundere, of overwhelming troops irresistibly; Hist., 3, 2, fin.). The Tiber deluged the fields, Tiberis agros inundavit; continued rain deluging the whole country, imbres continui campis omnibus inundantes (Liv., 8, 24): the Cimbri deluged Italy, Cimbri Italiam inundabant (Justinus, 38, 4, 15): that the Thracians and Illyrians would deluge Macedonia, Thraces et Illyrios in Macedoniam se effusuros (Liv., 38, 12): to deluge Europe with his armies, Europam inundare exercitibus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for deluge?
- The usual Latin words for “deluge” are superfundō, inundō, irrigō; also Iūstīnus. 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.