English → Latin
“carver” in Latin
scissortrancheur, somebody who in a banquet cuts the foodstuffs; a kind of gladiator; tailorcarptora carver of food; a criticizerstrūctorbuilder; server, carver (of food)Petrōniusof or pertaining to the gens Petroniasculptorstone-cutter, sculptor
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
carver
at table, scissor: carptor (general term): chironomon (χειρονομῶν, so far as he does it with flourishes of the hand, etc.; sometimes to music Vid, Petronius, 36, 6): structor (he who lays out the table, since he was oftan also the carver): qui opsonium carpit (who is actually carving).
Sculptor, Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for carver?
- The usual Latin words for “carver” are scissor, carptor, strūctor; also Petrōnius, sculptor. 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.