English → Latin
“gallery” in Latin
porticuscolonnade, arcade; portico, porchpĭnăcŏthēcaa picture-galleryultimusthe furthest or farthest, most distant, most remote, the utmost or uttermost, extreme, last; last, final, ultimate, end;podiumbalcony, especially in an amphitheatresuggerōto carry, bring, put or lay under; to afford, furnish or supply; to suggest, advise, prompt or offer
The English word gallery itself goes back to Latin Galīlaea, through galeria.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
gallery
porticus (an open gallery with columns): pinacotheca (a picture-gallery, Varr.): superior locus (general term for an elevated place; e.g., in a theatre, ex superiore loco spectare): cavea summa or ultima (the last row in a theatre): clap-traps for the gallery, verba ad summam caveam spectantia. To build a picture-gallery, pinacothecam constituere. The director of picture-galleries, qui est a pinacothecis (Inscript.).
Gallery (in a church), perhaps podium (Georges; but as this was the lowest of the terraces or galleries in an amphitheatre, it does not seem suitable; better, perhaps, suggestus).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for gallery?
- The usual Latin words for “gallery” are porticus, pĭnăcŏthēca, ultimus; also podium, suggerō. 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.