English → Latin
“flux” in Latin
flū̆xusa flowing, flow, flux; emission (of semen)fluōto flow, stream, pour; to proceed, spring, go forth; to vanish, disappear, wiltfluorflow (act of flowing)aquawatersanguī̆sblood; descent, descendant, parentage, progeny, blood relative, flesh-and-blood, family, race; blood (consanguinity)venterthe belly; a paunch, maw, conveying the accessory idea of greediness or gormandizing; the stomachoculuseye; sight, vision; luminary of the sun and starsScrībōniusGaius Scribonius Curio, a Roman statesman and orator; Scribonius Largus, a Roman physician
The English word flux itself goes back to Latin fluō, through fluxus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
flux
fluxus, us (Plin.; also, of the fusion of a metal, or the result of it: picem non aliud esse quam combustae resinae fluxum, Plin.): fluxio (e.g., aquarum, Cic.; sanguinis, ventris, oculorum, etc.): fluxura (Col., 3, 2, 17 and 32): fluor (flux of the bowels), also, solutio et fluor stomachi (Scribonius, Larg.). [Vid: DYSENTERY] All things are in a state of flux, omnibus res quaeque minuitur: omnia quasi longinquo aevo fluere videmus (both after Lucr., 2, 68); nihil est toto quod perstet in orbe; cuncta fluunt (Ov., Met., 15, 178).
Flux (and reflux); Vid: FLOW (of the tides).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for flux?
- The usual Latin words for “flux” are flū̆xus, fluō, fluor; also aqua, sanguī̆s, venter. 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.