English → Latin
“flounder” in Latin
volūtōto roll, turn, twist, or tumble about; to wallow; to ponder, wonder abouttitubōto stagger, totter, reel; to hesitate, falter, waverPhaedrusPhaedrus (an Athenian aristocrat, friend of Socrates); Phaedrus (a Latin fabulist)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
flounder s.
*pleuronectes flesus (Linn.).
flounder v.
se volutare: volutari (to roll one’s self, e.g., in luto, in the mud): titubare (to stumble about, PROP. and figuratively): to flounder about in error, fluitare in errore: to come floundering home, domum reverti titubanti pede (Phaedrus). To flounder out of anything, (se) emergere ex aliqua re.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for flounder?
- The usual Latin words for “flounder” are volūtō, titubō, Phaedrus. 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.