English → Latin
“whirl” in Latin
turbōtornado, whirlwind; spinning top, wheel; spinning motionvertīgōgyration, giddiness, dizzinessgȳruscircle; a circular motion; a circuit, course, ringverticilluswhirl; eddytorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve; to twist, wind, bend awry, distort; to hurl violently, twirl (around the circumagōto drive or turn in a circle; to turn round; to turn a wheelcircumvolvōto roll oneself around; revolve, wind or twine around; to cause to roll or revolve aroundedōto eat
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
whirl s.
turbo: vertigo: gyrus: verticillus (the whirl or hurl of a spindle).
whirl v.
Transitively, torquere: circumagere: circumvolvere: vertigine rotare: volvere in orbem: in gyrum ducere.
Intransitively, torqueri: circumagi: in gyros ire: gyros peragere or edere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for whirl?
- The usual Latin words for “whirl” are turbō, vertīgō, gȳrus; also verticillus, torqueō, circumagō. 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.