English → Latin
“flush” in Latin
efferōto bring, bear, carry, take out, forth, away; transport; to carry out (of the house) for burial, bear to the grave, buryferōxwild, bold, fierce; defiant, arrogant
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
flush v.
TRANS.,
To color, Vid:
To elate, aliquem superbum facere: alicui spiritus afferre: inflare alicujus animum ad intolerabilem superbiam (e.g., of fortune; Liv., 45, 31). Flushed, elatus (aliqua re): ferox (aliqua re). Flushed with success, successu rerum ferocior (Tac.); successu exsultans (Verg.): he was not so flushed with success as to become careless, nec superior successu curam remittebat (Quint., 1, 2, 24).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for flush?
- The usual Latin words for “flush” are efferō, ferōx. 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.