English → Latin
“leak” in Latin
rīmaa cleft, crack, fissure, chink; the vulva, female genitaliaperfluōto flow or run through something; to flow or run through; to drip with somethingnāvisship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural; nave (middle or body of a church)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
leak s.
rima: to spring a leak, rimas agere.
leak v.
transmittere humorem; perfluere (Terentianus, Eun. 1, 2, 25): laxis laterum compagibus omnes (naves) accipiunt inimicum imbrem rimisque fatiscunt (leak, Verg.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for leak?
- The usual Latin words for “leak” are rīma, perfluō, nāvis. 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.