English → Latin
“shower” in Latin
fundōto pour out, shed; to melt, cast, found, make by smelting; to overthrow, overcome, rout, vanquish an enemy, rout, scatteeffundōto pour out, shed, spread abroad, drain off; to pour, drive, cast or send out, shower, discharge; to give oneself up to,superfundōto pour over or upon; to shower something upon, give something profuselyimberrain; a storm; a stormcloudnimbusrainstorm, rain shower; rain cloud, thunder cloud, storm cloud; cloudpluviarain; a shower (of something)cōpiasupply, abundance, copiousness, wealth, riches; plenty, fulness, multitude; opportunity, facilities (the means of doing volōto wish, to please; to want; to mean, to intend
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
shower v.
fundere: effundere: superfundere (PROP. and figuratively).
shower s.
PROP., imber (general term): nimbus (a sudden shower): pluvia (rain). A heavy shower fell, magnus imber ruebat caelo (densi funduntur ab aethere nimbi, Ov.): a sudden and heavy shower, nimbus effusus (Liv.). April shower, *pluvia cui sol interfulget.
Figuratively, imber: nimbus: copia: vis: velut procella (e.g., of missiles, Liv., 37, 41). There fell such a shower of stones, that, etc., tanta vis lapidum creberrimae grandinis modo effusa est, ut, etc.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for shower?
- The usual Latin words for “shower” are fundō, effundō, superfundō; also imber, nimbus, pluvia. 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.