English → Latin
“labyrinth” in Latin
labyrinthusa building with many winding passages, a labyrinth; especially that built by Daedalus, near Knossos, Crete; a maze, tangturbaturmoil, disorder, stir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, hubbub, commotion, trouble, confusion, disarray, brawl; mob, crowddēlāborto fall, sink or slip down; to glide or fly down; to sink or descend
The English word labyrinth itself goes back to Latin labyrinthus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
labyrinth
labyrinthus (PROP.); difficultates summae, res inexplicabiles, turbae (figuratively): to get into a labyrinth, in summas difficultates incurrere or delabi: not to be able to find one’s way out of a labyrinth, , e turbis se expedire, se evolvere, non posse.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for labyrinth?
- The usual Latin words for “labyrinth” are labyrinthus, turba, dēlābor. 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.