English → Latin
“siren” in Latin
Sīrēna siren, one of the mythical birds with faces of virgins, that dwelt on the southern coast of Italy, where, with their sillecebraenticement, lure
The English word siren itself goes back to Latin Sīrēn.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
siren
siren, -enis, feminine. A siren song, sirenum cantus (PROP.); illecebrae (figuratively, allurement): to be deceived by the siren song of pleasure, irretiri corruptelarum illecebris; deleniri illecebris voluptatis.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for siren?
- The usual Latin words for “siren” are Sīrēn, illecebra. 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.