English → Latin
“greasy” in Latin
pinguisfat, plump; thick, dense; dull, insipid, not pungentoleātusmoistened with olive oil; stored in olive oilungōto anoint, smear with oil, greasepinguēdōfat; oiliness; richness, abundance
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
greasy
pinguis: pinguiter lentus (of the color of fat, Plin., 12, 25, 55): oleatus (oily, late): nnguinosus (Plin.): unctus (greased; hence greasy. Greasy hands, unctae manus, Hor.; also, of food, dishes, etc. = “rich,” or, in a bad sense, “greasy”: ☞ pinguedineus is, after Plin., 35, 15, 51, an unnecessary conjecture of Salmasius’s): a red, greasy seed, semen colore rufum, nec sine pingui: the greasy nature of anything, pinguedo.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for greasy?
- The usual Latin words for “greasy” are pinguis, oleātus, ungō; also pinguēdō. 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.