English → Latin
“flag” in Latin
laxōto extend, expand; to open, make wide; to undo, releaserelaxōto stretch out or widen again; unloose, loosen, open; slacken; abate; to slacken, ease, alleviate, mitigate; cheer up, eremittōto send back, to remit, to throw back, restore; to forgive, free one from any thing; to give up, reject, yield, resign, languēscōto become faint, feeble, weak, languid or sick; to languish; to wiltēlanguēscōto grow faint or feeble; to flag; to slacken or relaxrelanguēscōto become faint or languidflaccēscōto wilt or wither, droop or languish; to (begin to) flagīnsignea distinguishing mark, emblem, badge; an ensign, an honour, a badge of honour; a coat of armsvēxillumflag, bannergladiolusLittle sword, knife; Sword lily, gladiolus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
flag v.
TRANS., laxare: relaxare: remittere.
INTRANS., laxari: relaxari: remitti: languescere: elanguescere: relanguescere (to become worn out, feeble, etc.): flaccescere (PROP., of sails; IMPROP., of an orator whose style becomes spiritless when he begins to write). Anybody’s courage flags, animus cadit: not to let one’s courage flag in any danger, nulli periculo animum submittere: to let one’s courage flag, animo demitti or se demittere; animum demittere or contrahere; animum contrahere et demittere; animum abjicere; animum despondere.
flag s.
Of a ship, insigne (Caes., B.G., 2, 6): vexillum (used for giving the signal for attack; Vid: Nitsch, Alterthumskunde, vol. ii, p. 1172). To hoist up the flag, vexillum proponere: to strike (the flag), vexillum demittere, deducere.
Of land forces [Vid: COLORS].
A plant, gladiolus (ξιφίον): *gladiolus communis (Linn.).
A stone for paving (a side-path for foot-passengers), *lapis viae sternendae utilis (general term for any paving-stone).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for flag?
- The usual Latin words for “flag” are laxō, relaxō, remittō; also languēscō, ēlanguēscō, relanguēscō. 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.