English → Latin
“plunge” in Latin
immergōto immerse, plunge intomergōto dip (in), immerse; plunge into water; drown; to overwhelm; to cover, burymersōto immerse; to overwhelm, drownangustiōto make narrow, straiten, compress, narrow; to hamper, distress, harrow, torment, afflict, anguishdifficultāsdifficulty, distress, trouble, hardshipimmersiōimmersionArnŏbĭusAn African Church father in the time of Diocletian
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
plunge v.
TRANS., mergere in aquam aliquid (Cic.); intingere in aqua (Vitr.).
INTRANS., se mergere or immergere; mergi; immergi (Cic.); mersari (to plunder repeatedly, Hor., Ep.).
plunge s.
Act of plunging, by the verbs (immersio, Arnobius).
Distress, angustia, difficultas.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for plunge?
- The usual Latin words for “plunge” are immergō, mergō, mersō; also angustiō, difficultās, immersiō. 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.