English → Latin
“embrocation” in Latin
foveōto warm, keep warm; to nurture, cherish, foster; to foment, bathefōmentātiōfomentation, treatment with a (hot) poulticefōmentumA warm application, lotion, compress or poultice, fomentation.; Kindling-wood, touchwood, tinder.; A remedy, lenitive, madmoveōto move, bring, conduct, lead or carry someone or something to or toward; apply to; to move or bring someone or somethin
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
embrocation
The act of fomenting, fotus (Pliny): fomentatio (Ulp.).
Liquor with which the part is rubbed, fomentum (Cels.): warm embrocations, fomenta calida. To use embrocations in a disease, fomenta alicui morbo adhibere (Col.), admovere (Cels.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for embrocation?
- The usual Latin words for “embrocation” are foveō, fōmentātiō, fōmentum; also admoveō. 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.