English → Latin
“drug” in Latin
misceōto mix; to mingle; to intermingle; to unite; to combine; to share; to associate; of a disturbance of the natural order, commisceōto mix or mingle together, intermingle, combine; to unite, bring together, join, mingle; to produce by minglingValeriusName of a patrician Roman gens.venēnuma potion, juice; poison, venommedicāmentumdrug, remedy, medicine
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
drug v.
addere aliquid alicui rei (general term, to add anything): miscere or commiscere (cum) aliqua re (to mix up with anything [Vid: To COMMIX]: affundere (to pour, as mixture, to another liquid): medicamentum diluere (e.g., in a cup), in poculo (Curt., 3, 6, 8); medicamentum temperare (Valerius, Max., 3, 8, extr. 6, both passages referring to the well-known potion which Philippus prepared for Alexander; Vid: note in To MIX).
drug s.
venenum (general term; so that malum is added by Sall., Cat., 11, 3, to make it mean poisonous drug): medicamentum [Vid: MEDICINE].
To administer drugs, dare, praebere alicui medicamentum: morbo proponere remedium (in the sense of prescribing).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for drug?
- The usual Latin words for “drug” are misceō, commisceō, Valerius; also venēnum, medicāmentum. 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.