English → Latin
“still” in Latin
reprimōto repress; to check, prevent or restrainsēdōto allay, settle, still, calm, assuage or appease; to end, stop or staydēstīllōto drip or trickle down; to distilalembīcumalembic, stillimmōtusimmovable, motionless; unmoved, unshaken, undisturbed, immovable, firm, fixed, secure, steadfaststabilisfirm, steadfast, steady, sure, stable, stationary (that stands firm); established, enduring, durable, immutable, lastingfīgōto fasten, fix; to transfix, pierce; to erect, post, set uptranquillusquiet, calm, still, tranquil; placid, composed, untroubled, undisturbedquiētusat rest/nap, quiet, keeping quiet, quietude, quietness; peaceful, neutral; tranquil, calmplacidusPlacid, gentle, quiet, still, calm, mild, peaceful, tranquil; Ripe, mellow; Not wild, fruitful, suitable for cultivation
The English word still itself goes back to Latin stīllō, through stillare.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
still v.
To suppress, reprimere: sedare.
To pacify, tranquillum aliquem or alicujus animum reddere or facere.
To distill, (liquores) destillare.
still s.
*alembicum (technical term).
still adj.
Motionless, immotus: stabilis: fixus. To stand still, consistere [Vid: STAND].
Tranquil, quiet, tranquillus: quietus: placidus: sedatus [SYN. and PHR. in CALM].
Silent, silens: Tac. To be still, silere (not to make a noise); tacere (not to speak); silentium tenere; quiescere.
still adv.
Always, Vid:
Nevertheless, Vid:
Followed by a comparative, etiam (in the Golden Age; e.g., tantum et plus etiam mihi debet, Cic., still more): adhuc (in later writers; e.g., adhuc difficilior obscuratio est, Quint., still more difficult; ☞ to be avoided): also, jam (= ἤδη, when there is a progression implied; e.g., non ad maritimos modo populos, sed in mediterraneis quoque, et montanis et ferociores jam populos, Cic., Pr. Intr., ii., 865). Still more, magis etiam; multo etiam magis: ☞ The “still” is sometimes omitted (with diminished emphasis); e.g., indignum est a pare vinci, indignius ab inferiore; and “still more” is often plus, amplius, only; e.g., plus pecuniae poscit.
Of time, (= yet, up to this or that time) adhuc (up to this time): (usque) ad id tempus: ad id: ad id locorum (up to a past time spoken of: on ad id loc, Vid: Cortte and Fabri on Sall., Jug., 63, 6: Gronov., Liv., 27, 7, 17): etiam (where “still” is emphatic, implying that it is surprising the thing, state, etc., should even now exist, inasmuch as it might have been expected to have ceased before this; are you still muttering? muttis etiam? do you still refuse to speak? taces etiam? when he was still asleep, cum iste etiam cubaret): etiamnunc (a strengthened etiam; it may be used of the past, especially in oblique narrative of what was the speaker’s present; e.g., dixisti paullulum tibi esse etiamnunc morae, etc., Cic., and in letters; Brutus erat in Neside etiamnunc, “is still,” etc., it being the writer’s present. Also with verb in imperfect subjunctive with cum, the principal verb being in the perfect; Vid: Pract. Intr., ii., 331 334): How long still? quamdiu etiam, etc.? still at this day, hodie; hodie etiam; adhuc: do you still not know me (= my character)? non satis me pernosti etiam qualis sim? and still more, or still further (in continuing arguments, etc.), quid vero; verum etiam; et, quod plus est; et, quod magis est: nay, what is still more, immo; immo enim vero: and still more if, etc., praesertim si.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for still?
- The usual Latin words for “still” are reprimō, sēdō, dēstīllō; also alembīcum, immōtus, stabilis. 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.