English → Latin
“iris” in Latin
hyacinthusiris (plant); sapphirevaccīniumiris (plant and flower); whortleberry, bilberryīraire, anger, wrath
The English word iris itself goes back to Latin īris.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
iris
The plant, hyacinthus: vaccinium (*iris germanica, Linn.; ☞ Voss., Virg., Ecl., 10, 39).
In the eye, *iris (as technical term).
Iris
Iris, -is and -idis (f.). a goddess, —2. (m.) a river
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for iris?
- The usual Latin words for “iris” are hyacinthus, vaccīnium, īra. 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.