What is the Latin word for drawer?

The usual Latin words for “drawer” are aquārius, cellārius, aquor; also loculus, cōnscrībō, permūtō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“drawer” in Latin

aquāriusof or pertaining to water cellāriuskeeper of a storeroom, steward, butler aquorto bring or fetch water for drinking; to be watered, get water loculusA small place; coffin; manger, stall cōnscrībōto enroll or enlist, levy (write together in a list); to draw up, compose, write permūtōto change or alter throughout or completely, transform; to interchange or exchange something for another, swap; exchange

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

drawer

One that fetches water from a well, aquarius (masculine): *mulier aquam ferens (feminine): cf., aquator (in the army).

One whose business it is to draw liquors from the casks, cellarius: minister cauponae (at an inn; after Cod. Just., 9, 9, 29): puer cauponius (Plaut., Poen., 5, 9, 19): *pueris cauponiis praepositus.

drawer

(of a chest)(of a chest), loculus: forulus.

drawer

(of a bill)(of a bill), *debitor ex syngrapha: qui syngrapham conscribit or conscripsit; qui pecuniam perscribit. The drawer of a bill on Athens, qui pecuniam Athenas permutat or permutavit.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for drawer?: The usual Latin words for “drawer” are aquārius, cellārius, aquor; also loculus, cōnscrībō, permūtō. 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.