English → Latin
“frame” in Latin
margōborder, margin, edgeōrdōa methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series; a class, station, condition, rank; a group or dispositiōa regular disposition, arrangement; management, directionōrdinātiōregulating, arranging; regulation, ordinance, decree, edict; ordinationcōnstitūtiōa constitution, disposition, nature, character; a definition; point in dispute; a regulation, order, arrangement, systemdēscrīptiōdescription; diagram, plan; transcript, copyaptussuitable, adapted; ready; apt, proper
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
frame
[Vid: To FASHION, To FORM.][Vid: To FASHION, To FORM.]
To put into a frame (e.g., a picture), picturam in forma lignea includere: picturam tabula marginata includere.
frame
A fabric, Vid:
Edge, etc., of what contains anything, margo (a frame, of which the edge projects): tabula marginata (a frame with a back to it). To put a picture into a frame [Vid: To FRAME].
Of a window, *margo ligneus fenestrae.
Frame of the mind, habitus or affectus animi: temporarius animi motus (Vid: Quint., 5, 10, 28).
Order, ordo: dispositio: ordinatio: constitutio: descriptio (a framing, ordering; SYN. in ORDER).
Frame of the body, mostly corpus only; sometimes membrorum compositio (e.g., apta, the symmetry of the members).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for frame?
- The usual Latin words for “frame” are margō, ōrdō, dispositiō; also ōrdinātiō, cōnstitūtiō, dēscrīptiō. 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.