English → Latin
“disc” in Latin
discusa discus, quoit; a dish shaped like a discus; disc of a sundialorbiscircle, ring; of things that return at a certain period of time, a rotation, round, circuit; an orb (sphere)lūnaa moon; moonlight, moon shine; a month
The English word disc itself goes back to Latin discus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
disc
discus (the disc or quoit of the ancients): orbis (any round, but flat body). The sun’s or moon’s disc, orbis solis, lunae (Vid: Plin., 2, 9, 6).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for disc?
- The usual Latin words for “disc” are discus, orbis, lūna. 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.