English → Latin
“basket” in Latin
corbisbasket; basketfulfiscusbasket; purse; treasury; public moneyquāluma basket press, press basket; a wool basket; a fruit or harvest hamperquasillumsmall basketcanistrumwicker basket (used in sacrifices)calathuswicker basket; milk pail (or any of several other containers of a similar shape/size)sportaa hamper or basket (used for carrying and storing foods as well as money)pānāriuma breadbasketscirpeuspertaining to rushes (plant)
The English word basket itself goes back to Latin bascauda.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
basket
corbis (general term, especially a larger sort of basket, in husbandry, for collecting fruits: corbis messoria): fiscus (a wicker-basket for holding money): qualus or qualum (a closely-compacted wicker-basket of a conical shape, through which oil and must were strained: it also served other purposes in husbandry): quasillus (a lady’s work-basket): canistrum (κάναστρον or κανῆς, a basket for bread, fruits, etc.): calathus (κάλαθος, a basket for wool or flowers, in the form of an open lily): sporta (a hand-basket made of broom, rushes, or willow: served, according to Asc., ad Cic. I, Verr., 8, p. 280, ed. Schütz, also to hold money): panarium (bread-basket): scirpea (made of rushes): a little basket, corbicula: corbula: fiscella: fiscellus: quasillus: sportula; sportella (in these sportulae the clients at the sumptuous banquets of rich patrons received their portions).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for basket?
- The usual Latin words for “basket” are corbis, fiscus, quālum; also quasillum, canistrum, calathus. 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.