English → Latin
“languid” in Latin
languidusfaint, weak; dull, languid; sluggish, slowlangueōto be faint, weak; to be inactive, listless, idlelanguēscōto become faint, feeble, weak, languid or sick; to languish; to wilt
The English word languid itself goes back to Latin langueō, through languidus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
languid
languidus; languens: to grow languid, languescere (of things with or without life): to make languid, aliquem ad languorem dare (Terentianus). Vid: FAINT.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for languid?
- The usual Latin words for “languid” are languidus, langueō, languēscō. 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.