English → Latin
“turgid” in Latin
tumidusswollen, swelling, rising high, protuberant, tumid, dilated, bulging; causing to swell; excited, violent, exasperated; pturgidusturgid, swollen, inflated, distended; bombastic, turgidōrātiōspeech, discourse, language; the power of speech; manner or style of speakingPetrōniusof or pertaining to the gens Petronia
The English word turgid itself goes back to Latin turgeō, through turgidus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
turgid
tumidus: turgidus. A turgid style, oratio, quae turget et inflata est (Cic.); genus dicendi, quod immodico tumore turgescit (Quint.); turgida oratio (Petronius); oratio tumida, tumidior (Quint.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for turgid?
- The usual Latin words for “turgid” are tumidus, turgidus, ōrātiō; also Petrōnius. 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.