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“fur” in Latin

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.