English → Latin
“basin” in Latin
pēlvisshallow bowl or basinaquāliswater; full of waterpiscīnapond, pool; fish pond; swimming poolcastellumcastle, fort, citadel, fortress, stronghold; a dwelling in a high place; a shelter, stronghold, defence, refugesinusa bent surface; a curve, fold, hollow; a gulf, bay, bight; the chord of an arc; a sineaquiminālewash basin (for the hands)ăquĭmĭnārĭuma waterbasinmalluviuma wash-handbasinlabrumlip; edge, margin, brim, lipcrātēramixing bowl (for wine and water); crater (of a volcano)
The English word basin itself goes back to Latin baccinum, through *baccinum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
basin
pelvis: aqualis (for washing): aquae manale (for the hands), Varr.: in later writers, aquiminale, aquiminarium, Pand.): malluvium (at a sacrifice, for the hands, Paul. Fest.): labrum; crater (for the reception of spring-water): navile (for ships).
Small pond, piscina, piscinula.
Reservoir, castellum, dividiculum (whence it was carried by pipes, etc.).
Cove, sinus (maris or maritimus).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for basin?
- The usual Latin words for “basin” are pēlvis, aquālis, piscīna; also castellum, sinus, aquimināle. 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.