English → Latin
“drip” in Latin
īnstīllōto drop in (pour liquid in drop-wise); to instil, inspirestīllōto drip, drop, trickle; to distildēstīllōto drip or trickle down; to distilrōrōto cause dew, drip; be moist; to drop, trickle, distil; to sprinkle, drizzle (rain lightly)mānōto give out, shed, pour forth; to flow, run, trickle, drop, distil, run; to leak; to flow, diffuse or extend oneself, spcruorblood, gore; murder, bloodshed
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
drip v.
TR., instillare, down on anything, alicui rei, in aliquid (☞ stillare is poetical).
v. INTR., stillare; destillare (to drip down); from anything, stillare ex or de: rorare (in a dew-like or drizzling manner, ante rorat quam pluit): manare (stronger than stillare; with anything, aliqua re; e.g., sanguine or cruore; multo sudore): dripping wet, totus madidus: to become dripping wet, madefieri (e.g., pluvia, imbre); madidum reddi (aqua); . or permadescere (stronger term): to be, etc., madere, madidum, or madefactum esse (e.g., imbre): a dagger dripping with blood, stillans pugio (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for drip?
- The usual Latin words for “drip” are īnstīllō, stīllō, dēstīllō; also rōrō, mānō, cruor. 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.