English → Latin
“alloy” in Latin
vitiōto vitiate, make faulty, spoil, taint, corrupt, damage; to violate sexually; to falsify, corrupt (tamper with)dēprāvōto pervert, distort or disfigure; to seduce, corrupt or depraveadulterōto commit adultery (with); to falsify, counterfeit, adulterate; to pollute, corrupt, defilenummusa coin, piece of money
The English word alloy itself goes back to Latin ligō, through alligō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
alloy v.
vitiare, depravare: adulterare (to corrupt by mixing what is spurious or bad with what is genuine; e.g., nummos).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for alloy?
- The usual Latin words for “alloy” are vitiō, dēprāvō, adulterō; also nummus. 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.