English → Latin
“copper-plate” in Latin
imāgōimage, imitation, likeness, statue, representation; ancestral image; ghost, apparitionchalcographusengraver (in copper or brass)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
copper-plate
*pictura linearis per aeneam laminam expressa (Ernesti): *imago aere excusa (Wyttenbach); figura aenea; also from context, imago only. A book with copper-plate engravings, opus picturis linearibus per laminas aeneas expressum (Ernesti): *liber figuris aeneis ornatus (the former, if it consists entirely of such engravings). The art of copper-plate engraving, *chalcographia. A copper-plate engraver, chalcographus. A copper-plate press, prelum chalcographicum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for copper-plate?
- The usual Latin words for “copper-plate” are imāgō, chalcographus. 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.