English → Latin
“stir” in Latin
moveōto move, stir, set in motion; to disturb, shake, remove; to arouse, excite, promote, produceexcitōto call forth: to rouse, awaken, summon; to bring forth: to raise, build; to bring out: to encourage, revive, excite, strudiculaA wooden spoon, a spatulatumultusan uproar; bustle, violent commotion, disturbance, tumult; turmoil, panic; a storm, tempest, thunderclap; a sudden outbriactōto throw, cast, hurl; to scatter, toss; to disturb, disquiet, torment, agitate, shockturbaturmoil, disorder, stir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, hubbub, commotion, trouble, confusion, disarray, brawl; mob, crowd
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
stir v.
Transitively, movere: excitare. To stir the fire, ignem languentem excitare (cf., Caes., B.G., 7, 24); ignem exstinctum suscitare (after Ov., A.A., 3, 597): to stir with a ladle or spoon, rudicula peragitare; rudicula or rudiculis miscere: to stir up [Vid. AROUSE, EXITE].
Intransitively, moveri: se movere.
stir s.
tumultus: turbae, plur. [Vid: also, CONFUSION]. To make a stir about anything, about nothing, etc., multum in agendo discursare (Quint.): jactare, venditare aliquid; aliquid mirifice extollere, or miris laudibus efferre (to praise highly and officiously).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for stir?
- The usual Latin words for “stir” are moveō, excitō, rudicula; also tumultus, iactō, turba. 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.