English → Latin
“gravel” in Latin
glāreagravelsabulōcoarse sand, gravelglāreōsusgravellyterradry land (as opposed to watery parts of the Earth); ground, floor (the surface of the land); earth, soil, dirt, clay, clarvumfield; farm landsabulōsussandy, gravellylocusplace (referring to a specific location); a passage of literature; opportunity; cause; occasion; groundscompellōto gather, collect, push together; to compel, reduce to a certain condition or state by force; to urgeinclūdōto shut up or in, confine, enclose, imprison, keep in; to obstruct, restrain, hinder; to limit, controlversōto turn often, keep turning, handle, whirl about, turn over; to treat, manage; to pervert, alter, change
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
gravel s.
glarea: sabulo (coarse sand with large grains; fine gravel): full of gravel, or like gravel, glareosus (e.g., terra, Varr., arva, Col.): sabulosus (arva, loca). To put gravel on a road [Vid: To GRAVEL]. A gravel road, via glarea substructa.
A disease, calculus arenosus (Cels., 7, 3): molles calculi et ex pluribus minutisque, sed inter se parum adstrictis compositi (ib.). Vid: STONE.
gravel v.
viam glarea substruere.
To puzzle, aliquem in angustias adducere: in angustias pellere or compellere (general terms for to bring into difficulty): includere (= “to pin”): aliquem differre dictis suis (so that he will not know what to say; ☞ Ruhnken, Ter., And., 2, 4, 5): ☞ ad incitas redigere is prae- and post-classical: to be gravelled, in angustias adductum esse, in angustiis esse or versari.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for gravel?
- The usual Latin words for “gravel” are glārea, sabulō, glāreōsus; also terra, arvum, sabulōsus. 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.