English → Latin
“swamp” in Latin
palūsswamp, marsh, morass, bog, fen, poolūlīgōdampness, moisturestāgnuma body of standing water (such as a pond, lagoon, swamp, fen or pool); waters; any pool or lake in generalmergōto dip (in), immerse; plunge into water; drown; to overwhelm; to cover, burydēmergōto sink or submerge, plunge into; to overwhelm, depress; to burysupprimōto press down or under, suppress; to detain or restrain, suppress; to sink
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
swamp s.
palus, -udis: locus palustris: uligo: locus uliginosus [SYN. in FEN]; stagnum (covered with standing water).
swamp v.
PROP., mergere: demergere: coeno ac palude mergere aliquem (Tac.). To swamp a vessel, navem deprimere (Caes.); supprimere, demergere (Liv.); navem in alto mergere (Liv.).
Figuratively, malis mergere aliquem: to be swamped, demersum esse (e.g., quamvis sint demersae leges alicujus opibus, emergunt tamen aliquando, Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for swamp?
- The usual Latin words for “swamp” are palūs, ūlīgō, stāgnum; also mergō, dēmergō, supprimō. 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.