English → Latin
“tire” in Latin
fatīgōto fatigue, tire or weary; to vex or tormentdēfatīgōto tire out or exhaust; to lose heart or be discouragedōrnōto furnish, equip, outfit, prepare; to adorn, ornament, decorate; to honor, commend, praisevestiōto clothe, dress; to adorn, attire, deck; to cover, blanket
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
tire
To fatigue, (1) Transitively, fatigare, defatigare, aliquem (Cic.); lassare aliquem (Sen.: ☞ delassare only poetical; e.g., Plaut., Mart.). To tire one’s self, se defatigare (Terentianus); by great exertions, se laboribus frangere. (2) Intransitively, fatigari, defatigari (Cic.); lassitudine confici (Caes.); ad languorem dari (Terentianus).
To dress, ornare: vestire: Vid: DRESS.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for tire?
- The usual Latin words for “tire” are fatīgō, dēfatīgō, ōrnō; also vestiō. 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.