English → Latin
“flax” in Latin
līnumflax; linen cloth; garment made of linen; rope, line, string, thread, cord, cablestuppacoarse flax, towīnficiōto dip, to dunk, to submerge; to color, to dye, to imbue, to stain, to tinge; to corrupt, to poison, to spoil, to taint,līneusof flax or linen; flaxen
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
flax
linum: the refuse of spun flax (tow), stupa: to pull flax, linum evellere: to sleep the flax, lini virgas in aquam mergere; linum macerare: to comb the flax, linum ferreis hamis pectere: combed flax, linum factum: uncombed flax, linum crudum, infectum: of flax, or flaxen, lineus. On the ancient methods of preparing flax, Vid: Plin., 19, 1, 3. The cultivation or growing of flax, *lini cultura: a bundle of flax, fasciculus lini manualis: the thread of flax; spun flax, linum netum (Ulp., Dig., 32, 3, 70, § 11): the combing of flax, ars lini depectendi: a mallet to beat flax with, malleus stuparius.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for flax?
- The usual Latin words for “flax” are līnum, stuppa, īnficiō; also līneus. 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.