English → Latin
“dilatation” in Latin
lāminaa thin piece or sheet of metal, wood, marble, etc.; a plate, leaf, layer; a red-hot plate used as torture devices for slextēnsiōextension, stretching; swelling, tumourprōductiōprolonging, lengthening, extension; production (bringing-forth)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dilatation
by circumlocution [dilatatio very late; laminae, Tert.; extensio, Veg.; extentio, Vitr.; productio, not in this sense].
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dilatation?
- The usual Latin words for “dilatation” are lāmina, extēnsiō, prōductiō. 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.