English → Latin
“sniff” in Latin
anhēlōto breathe out, breathe forth, exhale; to draw the breath with difficulty, pant, puff, gasp; to emit vapour, puff; roar,hauriōto draw (especially water), drain; to drain, drink up, swallow; to take in with the senses as if to drink or swallowspīritusair, breath, breathing; light breeze; spirit, ghostspīrōto breathe, draw breath, respire; to blow, breathe, burst forth; to breathe out, exhale, emitdūcōto lead, guide, conduct, lead away; to take; to draw, pullanhēlituspanting, puffing (difficulty in breathing); breath, exhalation, vapour; gasp
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sniff v.
PROP., and Figuratively, anhelare (to draw breath audibly up the nose).
To draw in with the breath, spiritu (spirando) ducere: (spiritu) haurire.
As language of contempt. To sniff about, odorari et pervestigare (PROP. of dogs; then, by metonymy, of men; Vid: Cic., Verr., 4, 13, 31). To be sniffing about in all corners, in omnibus latebris perreptare.
sniff s.
anhelitus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sniff?
- The usual Latin words for “sniff” are anhēlō, hauriō, spīritus; also spīrō, dūcō, anhēlitus. 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.