English → Latin
“fish-pickle” in Latin
salsāmentumbrine or pickle for fish; salted or pickled fishmuriabrine, salt liquor, picklinggarumgarumscombermackerel
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fish-pickle
salsamentum: muria (salt-water to preserve fish in; Vid: commentators on Hor., Sat., 2, 4, 64): garum (prepared with salt-water from the roe, etc., of the garus, scomber, etc.): eliquamen salsamentorum (according to Col., 9, 14, 3).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fish-pickle?
- The usual Latin words for “fish-pickle” are salsāmentum, muria, garum; also scomber. 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.