English → Latin
“inlay” in Latin
distinguōto distinguish; to separate, divide or part; to adorn or decoratecaelōto carve; to engrave, emboss or chase; to embroidertessellōto tile, to tessellate, to lay mosaic onpavīmentuma floor composed of small stones beaten down
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
inlay
distinguere (to variegate; e.g., with silver and gold, argento auroque): caelare (with half-raised work; e.g., shields with gold, scuta auro): tessellare (with small pieces of different-colored marble, etc.; i. e., to inlay with Mosaic work; e.g., a floor, pavimentum; ☞ Bremi, Suet., Caes., 46). A floor of inlaid work, pavimentum tessellatum et sectile; walls, parietes vermiculatis crustis. Inlaid work, opus intestinum (Plin., 16, 42, 82: one who makes such, intestinarius, Cod. Theod., 13, 4, 2).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for inlay?
- The usual Latin words for “inlay” are distinguō, caelō, tessellō; also pavīmentum. 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.