What is the Latin word for spray?

The usual Latin words for “spray” are rāmulus, rāmusculus, virgula; also germen, surculus, spūma. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

English → Latin

“spray” in Latin

rāmulusa little branch or bough, twig; a sprig rāmusculuslittle branch; twig virgulaa small rod, stick, wand, or staff; the slash mark ⟨/⟩, particularly in its medieval use as a scratch comma; tender shoo germenshoot, sprout, bud; germ, seed, origin; embryo, fetus surculusshoot, sprout, sprig, twig; a scion, graft, a sucker, slip, set of a plant for growth; a small tree spūmafoam, froth, slime

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

spray

A little branch, ramulus: ramusculus: virgula: germen: surculus (sprig).

Foam of the sea, spuma.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for spray?: The usual Latin words for “spray” are rāmulus, rāmusculus, virgula; also germen, surculus, spūma. 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.