English → Latin
“fur” in Latin
pellōto push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out; to strike, set in motion; to rout, put to flight,pelliciusmade of skinsfūra thief; a rogue, rascal, blackguard; a robber-bee, a bee that steals honey from other beehivesoppleōto fill completely, fill up; cover; to fill, occupyintegōto cover; to protectobdūcōto lead, conduct, bring or draw towards, before, forward or against; to cover by drawing over; cover over, overlay, over
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fur s.
pellis (the skin or fleece itself, or the manufactured article; of wider meaning than the English word). A fur tunic, tunica pellicea (or pellicia): a dress lined with fur, vestis pelle intus munita: made of fur, pelliceus or pellicius (later only): a fur collar, *collare pelliceum: a fur cloak, *pallium pelliceum or ex pellibus factum (all fur); pallium pelle intus munitum (lined with fur): a fur cup, galerus ex pellibus factus (after Verg., Aen., 7, 688): fur boots, *perones pelle muniti (with fur); *perones pellicei (made of fur): fur shoes, *calceus pelle munitus (with some fur about it); *calceus pelliceus (made of fur; ☞ Ov., A.A., 1, 5, 16; pes in pelle natat): a fur jacket, *thorax pelliceus: fur glove, *digitabulum pelliceum: a glove lined with fur, *digitabulum pelle intus munitum: a fur cover or coverlet, stragulum pelliceum (Paullus, Dig., 34, 2, 24): with a fur cover to it or on it, pellitus: a dealer in fur, *pellium mercator: the fur trade, *pellium mercatura.
Coat of morbid matter on the tongue, pituita oris (Plin.), or by lingua humore defecta (dry tongue; after Ov., Met., 9, 567, though this says too little).
fur v.
To line or cover with fur, aliquid pelle intus munire (to line with fur): *aliquid pelle circumdare (to edge with fur): vesti pellem or vestem pelle praetexere (to face it with fur).
To coat (the tongue) with fur, perhaps *linguam pituita obducere or opplere; or *linguam eo, quod ex gravi halitu subsedit, integere, opplere, or obducere. A furred tongue, salivae plenum os (general term): *lingua pituita intecta, or obducta, or *lingua eo, quod ex gravi halitu subsedit, oppleta, etc.; or perhaps *lingua plena (a loaded tongue, after os amarum habere, dentes p1enos, Plaut., Curc., 2, 3, 39).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fur?
- The usual Latin words for “fur” are pellō, pellicius, fūr; also oppleō, integō, obdūcō. 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.