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“heave” in Latin
tumēscōto begin to swell, become distended or inflated, swell up; to become excited or violent, ready to burst forthintumēscōto become swollen; to riseflūctuōto surge, swell, undulate; to fluctuate, vacillate; to be restless, figuratively tossed by emotional distresssuspīrōto sigh (to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it)dūcōto lead, guide, conduct, lead away; to take; to draw, pulleffundōto pour out, shed, spread abroad, drain off; to pour, drive, cast or send out, shower, discharge; to give oneself up to,flūctusa wave, billow
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
heave
TRANS., [Vid: To LIFT, To RAISE.] To heave the lead, *cataproraten jacere: to heave (up) the anchor, ancoram moliri (Liv.): to heave a sigh, (ab immo pectore) suspirare; suspirium alte petere (☞ suspiria trahere or ducere, poetical): to heave anything overboard, alicujus rei jacturam facere (i. e, to incur the loss of it voluntarily), aliquid in flumen (or mare) effundere (Ulp.).
INTRANS., tumescere (to swell; e.g., maria): intumescere (poetical and post-Augustan; e.g., fluctus, Plin.): fluctuare (to rise and sink alternately, as the sea, or a ship, etc., upon the sea). To heave in sight, Vid: “to become VISIBLE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for heave?
- The usual Latin words for “heave” are tumēscō, intumēscō, flūctuō; also suspīrō, dūcō, effundō. 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.