English → Latin
“glide” in Latin
lāborto slip, slide, glide; (of fluids) to flow gently; to fall, sink down; to slip, stumbledēlāborto fall, sink or slip down; to glide or fly down; to sink or descenddēfluōto flow or run down; to move, float or swim downwards or downstream softly or gradually; flow or stream down; glide downeffluōto flow or run forth or out; escape; to go out, issue forth; to vanish, disappear, melt away
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
glide
labi (general term for smooth, gentle, continuous motion, through the air, on water; the motion of water itself; of time, etc.): delabi (to glide down): defluere (PROP., to flow down; then to move in a downward direction slowly and gradually; fall down): effluere (to glide away; of time). To glide away unperceived (of time), occulte labi (†).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for glide?
- The usual Latin words for “glide” are lābor, dēlābor, dēfluō; also effluō. 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.