English → Latin
“cinnabar” in Latin
miniumnative cinnabar; red lead, miniumminiātusvermilion, scarlet (colour of cinnabar or red lead)mĭnĭācĕusof cinnabarmĭnĭātŭluscolored with red-lead
The English word cinnabar itself goes back to Latin cinnabaris.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cinnabar
minium (for which some of the ancients erroneously used cinnabaris: Vid: Plin., 38, 7, 38, Hard): to dye with cinnabar, miniare: cinnabar mine, metallum miniarium; also miniarium only: of the color of cinnabar, or of a cinnabar color, miniatus: miniaceus: miniatulus (dyed with cinnabar): minio colore (red like cinnabar): cinnabar color, color minii (PROP.): color minius (like cinnabar; e.g., a cinnabar-red color).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cinnabar?
- The usual Latin words for “cinnabar” are minium, miniātus, mĭnĭācĕus; also mĭnĭātŭlus. 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.