English → Latin
“swallow” in Latin
hirundōswallow (bird); flying fish (sea-swallow)gulagullet, throat, palate; gluttony, greedinessfaucēsthe upper part of a throat; pharynx; gullet; a narrow entrance; entry passage; defile; gorge; the jaws of the earth; gulsecūriculalittle axe; a component of a certain kind of cramping looking like an axe, called in Ancient Greek πελεκῖνος (pelekînos)subscūsa type of cramping similar to a dovetail consisting of two secūriculīsabsorbeōto swallow down, devour; to absorb, submerge; to absorb, engrossdēvorōto swallow, gulp down, or devour; enjoy; to swallow down, repress, suppress, check, bear with patience; to absorbexsorbeōto suck up, out or in, gulp down, drain; exhaust; to swallow up, destroymolestiatrouble, troublesomeness, irksomeness; uneasiness, annoyance; molestationdifficultāsdifficulty, distress, trouble, hardship
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
swallow s.
A bird, hirundo: a swallow’s nest, nidus hirundineus: swallow-tail (in joinery), securicula (Vitr.); (if double) subscus, -udis: swallow-wort, *Asclepias vincetoxicum (Linn.).
The throat, gula (Plin.): fauces, plur., (Cic.).
swallow v.
glutire (PROP., to gulp down; post- Augustan): absorbere (to take down, things dry and liquid): devorare (PROP., to swallow greedily, to devour, dry food; also, figuratively = to put up with it; e.g., molestiam, Cic.): exsorbere (figuratively, to bear anything, or put it with it; e.g., difficultatem, Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for swallow?
- The usual Latin words for “swallow” are hirundō, gula, faucēs; also secūricula, subscūs, absorbeō. 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.