English → Latin
“ebb” in Latin
versōto turn often, keep turning, handle, whirl about, turn over; to treat, manage; to pervert, alter, changerecēdōto go away, withdraw, retire, depart from a place; to abandon a thingdēcrēscōto grow less or shorter, decrease, wane, dwindle; to vanish, fade, disappear, pass away by diminution
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
ebb s.
marinorum aestuum recessus; aesptus decessus. At the time of the ebb-tide, minuente aestu (Caes.). Ebb and flow, marinorum aestuum accessus ac recessus; aestus maritimi accedentes et recedentes.
FIG., To be at a low ebb (by various expressions, according to the thing or state to which the phrase is applied) ad inopiam redigi; in moerore, in dolore, in moestitia esse; in malis esse or versari: My purse is at a low ebb, imparatus sum a pecunia; a pecunia laboro; in summa sum difficultate numaria.
ebb v.
recedere, decrescere: this fountain ebbs and flows three times a day, hic fons ter in die crescit decrescitque. The sea ebbs and flows, aestus maris accedunt et reciprocant: the waters are beginning to ebb, or the ebb-tide is beginning, aestus minuit (Caes.); undae recedunt; aestus maris residunt, or se resorbent: the sea ebbs and flows twice in every twenty-four hours, bis affluunt bisque remeant aestus maris vicenis quaternisque semper horis: when the tide has flowed for six hours, it ebbs for the same number, cum sex horis aestus creverunt, totidem decreverunt rursus iidem (Varr.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for ebb?
- The usual Latin words for “ebb” are versō, recēdō, dēcrēscō. 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.