English → Latin
“eatable” in Latin
ēsculentusfit for eating, good to eat, eatable, edible, esculent; delicious, nourishing; full of foodedūlisediblecibusfood, fodder; nourishment, sustenance; mealcibāriuspertaining to, or suitable for food
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
eatable
esculentus, edulis; ad vescendum hominibus aptus (Vid: Cic., De N.D., 2, 64, 106). Eatables, edulia, -ium (all that is eatable except bread): cibi, cibaria (general terms for food).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for eatable?
- The usual Latin words for “eatable” are ēsculentus, edūlis, cibus; also cibārius. 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.