English → Latin
“crystal, crystalline” in Latin
crystallinuscrystal; resembling crystal; crystallinevitreusvitreous, glassy; translucent; colored like iron(II) oxide in glass, colored aqua (glossed with viridis)trānspāreōto be showing through; to be transparentpellūcidustransparent, pellucid; very brighttrānslūcidustranslucentclārusclear, bright; renowned, famous, famed, distinguished, illustrious, celebrated, glorious; upstanding, respectedlūcidusclear, bright, shining, full of light; clear, perspicuous, lucidtrānslūceōto shine across; to shine or show through; to be transparent or translucent
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
crystal, crystalline
crystallinus: vitreus (transparent, like glass): a crystal cup, poculum crystallinum: crystal glasses, crystallina, plur.: a crystal globe, pila crystallina (Plin., 37, 2, 10): a crystal mirror, *speculum crystallinum: crystal glass (i. e., the material itself), vitrum translucens quam proxima crystalli similitudine.
Clear; transparent: crystallinus; pellucidus; translucidus; clarus; lucidus; translucens; pellucens. [SYN. in TRANSPARENT.] The crystalline lens (in the eye), *humor translucens quam proxima crystalli similitudine (after Plin., 36, 25, 67).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for crystal, crystalline?
- The usual Latin words for “crystal, crystalline” are crystallinus, vitreus, trānspāreō; also pellūcidus, trānslūcidus, clārus. 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.