English → Latin
“efflorescence” in Latin
expellōto drive or thrust out or away; expel, eject, banish; dislodge; to force or drive out or away, expel, removescabiēsroughness, scurf; mildew; scab, mange, itchmentāgraAn eruption on the chinmentīgōa kind of eruption or scab on lambsleprapsoriasis, similar skin disorders; leprosypustulainflamed sore, blister, pustuleporrigōto stretch, spread out, extend; to offer, hold outruborredness; blush; modestyboaA large snake native to Roman Italy.; A disease, the measles or smallpox.molestiatrouble, troublesomeness, irksomeness; uneasiness, annoyance; molestation
The English word efflorescence itself goes back to Latin flōreō, through efflōrēscō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
efflorescence
Production of flowers; by circumlocution with florem mittere or expellere.
On the skin, scabies (general term; also on trees): mentagra; mentigo (on the chin): lepra (leprosy): pustulae (heat-spots on any part of the body): porrigo (on the head): rubores (redness): boa (Lucilius, ap. Fest., Plin.; a disease in which red pimples rise in the flesh): molestiae (little troubles; on the face, etc.): exanthema; plur., exanthemata (Marcellinus, Empir.; in Cels., in Greek characters).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for efflorescence?
- The usual Latin words for “efflorescence” are expellō, scabiēs, mentāgra; also mentīgō, lepra, pustula. 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.