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“chafing-dish” in Latin
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
chafing-dish
foculus: pultarius (PROP. a vessel in which puls was cooked also for holding coals for fumigation: Vid: batillum was a coal-shovel, but sometimes used as a chafing-dish.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for chafing-dish?
- The usual Latin words for “chafing-dish” are foculus, pultārĭus. 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.