English → Latin
“bark” in Latin
cortexthe bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree; cork; the shell or outward part or covering of anything else; body; life prlīberfree, independent, unrestricted, unchecked, unrestrained, licentious; freeman, freewoman; open (not decided or settled)scaphaa light boat; skiffcymbaA boat, skiff, Pliny ascribes its invention to the Phoenicians; especially the small boat used by Charon to ferry the delintertank, tub, trough, vat, washtub; small, lightweight boat, skiff, canoe, wherryfebrifugusfever-expelling, fever-reducingdēcorticōto remove the bark or peel; to decorticatebauborto bark, bay, howl (moderately)lātrōto bark, bay; to rant, bluster; to roarganniōto yelp, bark; to grumble, snarl; gabble
The English word bark itself goes back to Latin bāris, through barca.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bark
the rind of a tree, cortex (the exterior); liber (the inner): to live on the bark of trees, cortice ex arboribus vivere.
Peruvian bark, cortex Peruvianus, or febrifugus: the bark-tree, linchona (Liv.).
A small ship, or vessel, scapha and cymba (of the broader sort); linter (long and narrow, like a canoe, Döderlein).
bark v.
to strip trees of bark, decorticare or delibrare arbores.
Like a dog, baubari (to utter the natural sound of dogs): latrare (in a hostile manner): latratus edere; gannire applies to the “bow-wow” of a little dog. Hence, figuratively, latrare means to wrongle, and gannire to chatter. (Döderlein’s Handbook, p. 121.) “His bark is worse than his bite,” (canis timidus) vehementius latrat quam mordet (Prov., Curt., 7, 4, 7).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bark?
- The usual Latin words for “bark” are cortex, līber, scapha; also cymba, linter, febrifugus. 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.