English → Latin
“slide” in Latin
lāborto slip, slide, glide; (of fluids) to flow gently; to fall, sink down; to slip, stumbledēcurrōto run, flow, move, sail or swim down; to charge or skirmish; to hasten, rush down
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
slide s.
lapsus. A slide upon the ice, *iter glaciale; stadium glaciatum, or per glaciem (of the act of sliding).
slide v.
labi (the proper word): fallente vestigio cadere (Plin., Ep., 2, 1, 5). To slide on the ice, per glaciem currere or decurrere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for slide?
- The usual Latin words for “slide” are lābor, dēcurrō. 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.