English → Latin
“bottle” in Latin
lăgēnaa large earthen vessel with a neck and handles, a flask, flagon, bottleampullasmall amphora, phial, flask (properly made like a small amphora, with two small handles and a swollen middle, but with tlăguncŭlaa small flask, small bottle
The English word bottle itself goes back to Latin buttis, through butticula.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bottle
lagena: ampulla (large, big-bellied). Little bottle, laguncula, ampullula. To empty, drain the bottle, lagenam exsiccare.
Of hay, fasciculus or manipulus foeni. To BOTTLE wine, vinum diffundere, in lagenas infundere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bottle?
- The usual Latin words for “bottle” are lăgēna, ampulla, lăguncŭla. 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.