English → Latin
“cellar” in Latin
dōliāriusrelated to barrelscellaa small room, a hut, storeroom; a barn, granary; the part of a temple where the image of a god stood; altar, sanctuary, cellāriumstoreroom, larder, cellar, pantryoleāriusoil-; of or pertaining to olive oilapothēcarepository, storehouse, warehouse
The English word cellar itself goes back to Latin sāl, through salarius.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cellar
hypogeum concameratum (in our sense; an arched cellar under ground): doliarium (wine or beer cellar, Gai., Dig.): cella: cellarium (according to the ancient sense, a store-roum above ground; e.g., olearia, for oil. etc.: penaria for larder: cella vinaria or apotheca, wine-cellar). The cellar-door, *ostium cellae or doliarii: *cellae or doliarii fores (if folding-doors). Key of the cellar, clavis cellae, doliarii, etc.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cellar?
- The usual Latin words for “cellar” are dōliārius, cella, cellārium; also oleārius, apothēca. 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.