English → Latin
“perspiration” in Latin
sūdorsweat; moistureēliciōto draw or pull out or forth; to entice, elicit, coax; to conjure, summon (a spirit, god, etc.)ēvocōto summon, to call out, to call forth; to evoke; to lure or enticecieōto set in motion; act; to move, stir, shake; to summon, calldūcōto lead, guide, conduct, lead away; to take; to draw, pullinhibeōto lay hold of, keep back, restrain, curb, check, stop; to hinder, prevent, inhibit; to practise, perform, use, employsistōto cause to stand; to set; to place; to stop, to halt; to place oneself; to standsēdōto allay, settle, still, calm, assuage or appease; to end, stop or stayreprimōto repress; to check, prevent or restrain
The English word perspiration itself goes back to Latin per, through perspirare.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
perspiration
sudor. To throw into, excite perspiration, sudorem excutere, elicere, evocare, ciere, ducere, facere: to check perspiration, sudorem coercere, inhibere, sistere, sedare, reprimere (Plin.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for perspiration?
- The usual Latin words for “perspiration” are sūdor, ēliciō, ēvocō; also cieō, dūcō, inhibeō. 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.