English → Latin
“dish” in Latin
patinaa broad, shallow dish; a pan; a stewpan; a kind of cake; crib; mangerpatellaa small or shallow pan or dish; the kneecap, patella; a disease of the olive treelanxdish, platter, plate; scalepanmagismore, the more, in a greater measure, to a greater extent; more greatly; bettermagidakneading troughscutulaa square or diamond-shaped dish or platterscutellaa small or shallow bowl, basin or dish; a small salver or trayparopsisa dish on which delicacies or dessert is served; any small dishferculumthat on which any thing is carried or borne; a frame, a barrow, litter, bier for carrying the spoils, the images of the catīnusa deep vessel for serving up or cooking food; a large bowl, dish, or plate
The English word dish itself goes back to Latin discus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dish
As vehicle of meat, patina (a broad and deep dish, with a cover, in which fish, etc., were served up): patella (a smaller “patina” of clay or metal, as well for cooking as serving up meats): lanx (a deeper, hollow, bellied d., sometimes of considerable size, for serving up meats): magis or magida (a dish similar to the lanx, only used for serving up): scutula: scutella (a flat, square, or oblong small dish): paropsis (παροψίς, a small dish for serving up meals; also an additional dish containing some delicacy): ferculum (PROP., a tray; then what is served up together = course): cf., catinus or catinum was the pot in which the poorer classes also put their food on the table; Vid: Hor., Sat., 1, 6, 115.
The meat served in a dish, cibus (general term for food): a dainty dish, cibus suavis. ☞ In such expressions as “a dish of vegetables,” etc.,” dish” is omitted; e.g., olus coxit: a dish of roast thrushes, assi turdi: to load a table with the rarest dishes, mensam conquisitissimis epulis construere (Cic.): a dish of cold meat (i. e., for one’s dinner), prandium sine mensa: a hot or warm dish, cibi calidi (plur.): this is a dish for an epicure, est haec quoque res inter opera ganeae: this bird is considered a first-rate dish, haec ales nunc inter primas expetitur: to be fond of good dishes, laute coenitare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dish?
- The usual Latin words for “dish” are patina, patella, lanx; also magis, magida, scutula. 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.