English → Latin
“barrel” in Latin
sēriusgrave; earnest; seriousdōliuma large earthenware vessel, hogshead, cask; cauldron, large brass pot, barrel, vatorcaorc, orca (kind of whale); butt, tun (large-bellied vessel)cūpatub, cask, tun, vatcadusbottle, jar, jug; a measure for liquids containing three "urnas", or ~39 liters.cylindruscylinder; a roller; a cylindrical stone for levelling the ground
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
barrel
seria (a long cask); dolium (a round cask): orca: cupa: cadus: wine from the barrel or cask, vinum de cupa.
Of a gun, sclopeti tabus.
A cylinder, cylindrus.
barrel v.
in dolium infundere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for barrel?
- The usual Latin words for “barrel” are sērius, dōlium, orca; also cūpa, cadus, cylindrus. 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.