English → Latin
“hull” in Latin
folliculusa small bellows; a small sack; an inflated ball (for sport)tunicatunic, an undergarment worn by both men and women; a coating, membrane, peel; a military cloakglūmahusk of grain, the glumemodusmeasure; bound, limit, end; manner (of doing or being arranged), way (of doing or being arranged), methodcarmensong, tune; a composition in verse, a poem; poetry, verse, song; poem, poetry (strictly any poem or poetry that can be scanticumsong; passage in a comedy chanted or sung; sing-song voice
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
hull
folliculus (of corn, leguminous plants, or grapes): valvulus (of leguminous plants): tunica: gluma (of corn; the cerealia generally). To have hulls, folliculis tegi.
Hulk, Vid: To lie a-hull., armamentis spoliatum esse: exarmatum esse: fusis esse armamentis et gubernaculo diffracto (☞ Suet., Aug., 17) HUM, v., murmurare: murmur edere (of a murmuring noise; of men or bees): stridorem edere (of bees): bombum facere (of bees; the best word for “hum”).
To hum a tune, *carmen (modos, etc.) secum murmurere (secum murmurere, Plaut.; magica carminibus murmurata, Apul.): carmen, cantica, etc., mecum ipse modulor (☞ Quint., 2, 11, 5; al. melitor).
To impose on (cant term); Vid: IMPOSE (on), HOAX.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for hull?
- The usual Latin words for “hull” are folliculus, tunica, glūma; also modus, carmen, canticum. 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.