English → Latin
“pour” in Latin
fundōto pour out, shed; to melt, cast, found, make by smelting; to overthrow, overcome, rout, vanquish an enemy, rout, scattedēfundōto pour out, shed; to empty; to wet by pouringtrānsfundōto decant; to transfuse; to pour throughtrānsferōto bear, carry or bring across or over; transport, transfer, convey over; to copy, transcribe, transfer; to carry along capulārisbier; one foot in the grave; at death's dooroleumolive oil; the palaestrasuperfundōto pour over or upon; to shower something upon, give something profusely
The English word pour itself goes back to Latin pūrus, through pūrō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
pour
fundere. To pour into, infundere alicui rei: to pour off, defundere (not diffundere); transfundere; transferre (to pour off from one vessel into another): capulare (to pour off in order to purify, to rack; e.g., oleum): to pour on, superfundere (to pour over): affundere (to pour to) aliquid alicui rei: to pour out (e.g., wine into glasses), defundere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for pour?
- The usual Latin words for “pour” are fundō, dēfundō, trānsfundō; also trānsferō, capulāris, oleum. 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.