English → Latin
“flutter” in Latin
volitōto fly about; to hasten; to hoverfluitōto float; to flow; to wave, undulateflūctuōto surge, swell, undulate; to fluctuate, vacillate; to be restless, figuratively tossed by emotional distresscircumvolōto fly around; to run aroundfugōto chase away, put to flight; to drive into exile; to dismiss, to avertabigōto drive away (particularly cattle); to deter, discourage, frighten away; to remove a diseasevolucrisa bird (or other flying creature)agitōto act, behave, do, or make persistently or unremittingly; to put something in motion, drive, impel; drive by rowing, rosollicitōto disturb, disquiet, stir, agitate, distress, harass, vex, make anxious; to solicit, tempt, seduce, attract, induce; tocommoveōto move something in violent motion, move; shake, stir, shift, agitate; to remove something from somewhere, carry away,
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
flutter
INTRANS., volitare (of birds): fluitare (of things; e.g., sails; Vid: Ov., Met., 11, 470): circumvolitare aliquid or aliquem (to flutter round anything or anybody); also, *volitare ultro citroque per auras (Lucr., 4, 36). From the context, volitare (e.g., before anybody’s eyes, ante oculos). To flutter about any place, volitare in aliquo loco: volitare passim per aliquem locum (also, of persona who appear in public, Cic., Cat, 2, 3, 5; Rosc. Am., 46, 135): to flutter round any place, circumvolare or circumvolitare aliquem locum or aliquem (but not absolutely; for circumvolitantium alitum, Tac., Hist., 2, 50, is = fluttering round him): lustrare aliquid (to encircle in its flight; e.g., signa, of an eagle): to flutter round in a circle, in gyrum flecti.
To be in a state of uncertainty, dubitatione aestuare (Vid: Cic., Verr., 2, 30, 74); fluctuare.
flutter
TRANS.,
Put to flight (like birds), fugare: abigere (e.g., volucres, to drive off). To hurry the mind, agitare: sollicitare: sollicitum facere: commovere: turbare: conturbare: perturbare.
flutter
Fluttering, Vid:
Commotion or hurry of the mind, trepidatio: tumultus (Cic., Deiot., 7, 20): confusio (Velleius, 2, 124). To be all in a flutter, trepidare (of one or more persons); perturbatum esse; mentis habitu moveri.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for flutter?
- The usual Latin words for “flutter” are volitō, fluitō, flūctuō; also circumvolō, fugō, abigō. 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.