English → Latin
“glaze” in Latin
vitreusvitreous, glassy; translucent; colored like iron(II) oxide in glass, colored aqua (glossed with viridis)speculārisspecular; resembling or relating to a mirror
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
glaze
PROPR., with glass, vitrea or specularia (i. e., of lapis specularis, mica) objicere alicui loco. To glaze a window, vitreos orbes or vitrea quadrata fenestris inserere.
To incrust with a vitreous substance, obducere aliquid aliqua re, or aliquid alicui rei illinere (general term for “to coat with;” obducere relating to the exterior; illinere to the interior; to these the substance must be added, in the ablative with obducere; the accusative with illinere; or the general expression vitrum must be used; *aliquid tamquam vitro or vitrea quadam specie obducere; *tamquam vitrum or vitream quandam speciem rei illinere).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for glaze?
- The usual Latin words for “glaze” are vitreus, speculāris. 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.