English → Latin
“phlegm” in Latin
phlegmaphlegmpītuītamucus, phlegm; rheum, head coldtarditāsslowness, tardinessinerswithout skill, unskilled, unskillful, incompetent, crude; inactive, lazy, idle, indolent, sluggish, inert; worthless; stpatiorto suffer, endure, tolerate; to allow, acquiesce, permit, submit; to exist, live
The English word phlegm itself goes back to Latin phlegma.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
phlegm
PROP., phlegma, -atis (medical technical term): pituita (Cels.).
Figuratively, tarditas ingenii (Cic., Or., 68, 229): tarditas animi (Gell., 16, 12, 3): tarditas: inertia (Cic.): lentitudo naturalis (Ern.), patientia (Plin., Ep. 5, 21, 5).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for phlegm?
- The usual Latin words for “phlegm” are phlegma, pītuīta, tarditās; also iners, patior. 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.