English → Latin
“barnacle” in Latin
postŏmisa barnaclefīliusa son; any male descendant; childrenperspicillumtelescope, spyglass; spectacles, glasses
The English word barnacle itself goes back to Latin barnēca.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
barnacle
a kind of sea-fowl, anser marinus.
A farrier’s instrument, postomis, idis, f.
A sort of spectacles, perspicillum: barnacles had not yet been invented, nondum oculi arte adjuti erant.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for barnacle?
- The usual Latin words for “barnacle” are postŏmis, fīlius, perspicillum. 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.