English → Latin
“swim” in Latin
nārisnostril; nose; opening; orifice; vent; air-holenatōto swim or float; to swim across; to overflow withredundōto overflow, abound, redound; to pour or spout forth or out; cause to pour outinundōto overflow, inundate, floodmadeōto be wet or moist; to drip; to flow; to be drunk or intoxicatedcircumfluōto flow around something; to flow around; to flock around, encompass, surroundinnōto swim in, float uponneōto spin; weave, interlace, entwinetrānōto swim through, across, or over; to penetrate, permeate, pass through
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
swim
PROP., nare: natare. To swim in or upon, innare: innatare alicui rei; at or near, adnare aliquid (Caes.); adnatare alicui rei (Plin., Ep.); across, tranare: nando trajicere. To swim with, against, the stream [Vid: STREAM].
Figuratively, redundare: inundari: madere: perfusum esse: circumfluere (e.g., sanguine redundare, madere, or perfusum esse: fletu or lacrimis perfusum esse: lacrimis madere: deliciis diffluere: circumfluere omnibus copiis atque in omnium rerum abundantia vivere).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for swim?
- The usual Latin words for “swim” are nāris, natō, redundō; also inundō, madeō, circumfluō. 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.