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“aperture” in Latin
forāmenan opening or aperture produced by boring; a hole; an opening, hole, cavecavushollow, hollowed out, cavernous, concave; excavated, channeled; vain, emptyhiātusa hiatus, opening (especially of the mouth), gap, aperture, cleft; a longing, desirerīmaa cleft, crack, fissure, chink; the vulva, female genitaliafindōto cleave, break up, separate, divide, split, part; to split, burst; to dividelacūnaa hole, pit, ditch; (especially) a pool, pond; a gap, void, defect, want, losslūmenlight, source of light; the eyes; daylightfenestraa window, an opening for light; a breach; a loophole, an arrowslitōsmouth; (in general) head or face; (in general) facial features, countenance, appearanceaperiōto uncover, make or lay bare, reveal, clear; to make visible, discover, show, reveal, lay open; to unclose, open, break
The English word aperture itself goes back to Latin aperiō, through apertūra.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
aperture
Opening, foramen (general term for any opening made by boring): cavum (burrow, pit, etc.): hiatus (any yawning fissure): rima (fissure; a cut made lengthwise): fissura (a rent): lacuna (a space not filled up; e.g., in a ceiling): lumen (the opening of a window or door; any opening through which light can penetrate): fenestra (aperture of a window); os (mouth-like aperture, e.g., of a cave): apertura (Vitr.). [If it is =AIR-HOLE, Vid:] . Aperture of a reed, rivus fistulae.
To make an aperture in anything, aliquid aperire (general term); perforare (to bore through it). To hare apertures, aperturas habere (Vitr.).
Act of opening, apertio (Varr., patefactio only improper as act of divulging).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for aperture?
- The usual Latin words for “aperture” are forāmen, cavus, hiātus; also rīma, findō, lacūna. 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.