English → Latin
“arch” in Latin
arcusarc, arch; bow (arc-shaped weapon used for archery); rainbowfornixarch, vaultcameraA room, especially a vaulted room, a vault.; A deliberative body.arcuōto make in the form of a bow, bend or curve like a bowcamerōto construct in the form of a vault; to vault, arch, roof over; to floor a room or home with boardspetulānspert, saucy, impudent, wanton; freakish; petulantlascīvuswanton, playful, frisky; lustful, licentious, lascivious, lewd; luxuriant
The English word arch itself goes back to Latin arcus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
arch
arcus (general term): fornix (arch, arch-way; both used of triumphal arches). An arched roof, camera (camera lapideis fornicibus vincta). Observe, Cic. censures Ennius’s fornices caeli (“the arch of heaven”) as a badly chosen image.
arch v.
arcuare (Liv.): camerare: concamerare (to arch over; cover with a vaulted roof: camarare, Plin. only; nidos camerare ab imbri): confomicare (Vitr., arch over). To be arched, arcuari (general term, to be arched or curved): fomicatim curvari (Plin.): concamerari (to be arched over; covered with an arched roof).
Arched, arcuatus: in formam arcus incurvus (Mela): in apsida curvatus (Plin.): cameratus, concameratus (arched or vaulted over). Sometimes convexus, gibbus (swelling out).
arch
a., petulans; lascivus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for arch?
- The usual Latin words for “arch” are arcus, fornix, camera; also arcuō, camerō, petulāns. 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.