English → Latin
“dressing” in Latin
coctūracooking, heating, roastingcūrātiōtreatment, care, operation (medical, surgical); administration, office (public)poliōto polish, to smoothcataplasmapoultice, plastermalagmaemollient, poultice, cataplasmfōmentumA warm application, lotion, compress or poultice, fomentation.; Kindling-wood, touchwood, tinder.; A remedy, lenitive, mverberlash, whip, scourge, rod; a thong of a sling or other similar projectile weapons; a stroke with a whip, a lashing, scour
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dressing
(of meat)(of meat), coctura (especially of the manner of dressing): of a wound, curatio (treatment in general): of cloth, politura.
A dressing, cataplasma (κατάπλασμα), malagma (μάλαγμα): fomentum (warm poultice): to apply or put dressings on anything, fomenta alicui rei admovere.
As cant phrase: To give anybody a good dressing, probe percutere, bene depexum dare, verberibus or fustibus derigare aliquem (all comical).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dressing?
- The usual Latin words for “dressing” are coctūra, cūrātiō, poliō; also cataplasma, malagma, fōmentum. 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.