English → Latin
“diarrhoea” in Latin
fluorflow (act of flowing)profūsiōa pouring out; libation; prodigalityliquidusliquid, fluid, flowing; clear, transparent, limpid; without interruption, smooth, fluid, flowingfluōto flow, stream, pour; to proceed, spring, go forth; to vanish, disappear, wiltsolūtusunbound, released; free, at large; acquitted, absolved, cleanseddiarrhoeadiarrhoea
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
diarrhoea
fluor (general term Cels.. In Scribon., fluor solutioque stomachi): alvi profluvium or profusio; alvus cita, citatior, liquida, fluens, soluta [☞ διάῤῥοια, in Greek characters, Cic.]. To be suffering from diarrhoea, fluore aegrum esse (Cels.); profluvio laborare: to bring on diarrhoea, alvum ciere, movere, solvere, elicere: to check or stop a diarrhoea, alvum fusam firmare (Cels.): alvum astringere, sistere: I was seized by so violent an attack of diarrhoea, tanta me corripuit διάῤῥοια (Cic.): a diarrhoea is checked, διάῤῥοια consistit (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for diarrhoea?
- The usual Latin words for “diarrhoea” are fluor, profūsiō, liquidus; also fluō, solūtus, diarrhoea. 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.