English → Latin
“splutter” in Latin
tumultuorto make a disturbance; to cause an uproarblaterōto babble, gibber, speak foolishly or in an animalistic manner; to croak; to bleatexplānōto flatten or spread out; to explain
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
splutter s.
PROP., by circumlocution with the verb.
ImPROP., To make a great splutter about anything, magno conatu magnas nugas dicere (Ter., Heaut., 4, 1, 8); excitare fiuctus in simpulo, ut dicitur (Cic., Leg., 3, 16); laborare sine causa (Cic., Fam., 13, 1): what a splutter he makes! quas tragoedias efficit! (Cic., Tusc., 4, 34, 73).
splutter v.
tumultuari (may express the noisy spluttering of one in a passion): ore confuso loqui or blaterare (os confusum; opposed to os planum or explanatum): voce perturbata loqui (vox perturbata inarticulate; opposed to vox explanabilis; Sen., De Ir., 1, 3, 5): *raptim atque perturbate loqui.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for splutter?
- The usual Latin words for “splutter” are tumultuor, blaterō, explānō. 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.