English → Latin
“moisten” in Latin
cōnspergōto sprinkle, strew or spatterirrigōto water or irrigate; to flood or inundate; to overwhelmirrōrōto wet or moisten with dew; to bedew; to besprinkle
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
moisten
conspergere (to sprinkle; opposed to rigare, irrigare, to water, Vid: Col., 5, 6, 8; ☞ humectare is poetical; insuccare, only iu Col.): to moisten with dew, irrorare (☞ rore rigare, Cic., Div., 1, 12, 20, is poetical).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for moisten?
- The usual Latin words for “moisten” are cōnspergō, irrigō, irrōrō. 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.