English → Latin
“conduit” in Latin
dūcōto lead, guide, conduct, lead away; to take; to draw, pulltubustube, pipe; trumpet used at sacrificesfistulapipe, tube, especially a water pipe; hollow reed or cane; shepherd's pipe, pipes of Pancanālisa pipe, spout, channel, conduit; a gutter, ditch; a groove, channel, canal, conduit, ductcunīculusa rabbit; a rabbit burrow; a mine, underground tunnel or galleryfornāxa furnace, oven, kiln
The English word conduit itself goes back to Latin conductus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
conduit
ductus (a leading, conducting): tubus (a hollow cylindrical body, also in aqueducts; and in the latter case usually of wood or clay): fistula (a narrower tube, especially in aqueducts, through which the water is propelled by the pressure of the air, or spontaneously by its own pressure; usually of lead): canalis (any pipe-like spout, gutter, canal): cuniculus (PROP., a mine or a subterraneous passage; hence any tube or pipe; e.g., of an oven, fornacis; Plin., 9, 38, 62).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for conduit?
- The usual Latin words for “conduit” are dūcō, tubus, fistula; also canālis, cunīculus, fornāx. 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.