English → Latin
“disk” in Latin
orbiscircle, ring; of things that return at a certain period of time, a rotation, round, circuit; an orb (sphere)discusa discus, quoit; a dish shaped like a discus; disc of a sundialorbiculātusrounded, circular, orbiculaterotundusround, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded, perfectsubobscūrussomewhat obscuresubnigerblackish, somewhat blacknigrōto be black; to make black; to darkenfuscusswarthy, dusky, dark; husky, hoarse
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
disk
orbis (general term for any circular and flat body): discus (the quoit of the ancients): the moon’s disk, orbis lunae (the face of the moon; Vid: Plin., 2, 9, 6): orbis solis (that of the sun; Vid: Plin., 2, 23, 21): in the shape of a disk, orbiculatus: rotundus; in speciem orbis (if adverbially used).
disk adj.
A little dark, subobscurus (Cic.); subnubilus (Caes.).
A little black, subniger (Varr., ); obater; obniger; nigrans (Plin.); fuscus (Col.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for disk?
- The usual Latin words for “disk” are orbis, discus, orbiculātus; also rotundus, subobscūrus, subniger. 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.