English → Latin
“lattice” in Latin
cancellia latticeclāthrīA lattice, gratetrānsennaa trap or snare made of netting; a net used as a container, or netting or lattice used as a screen
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
lattice
cancelli, clathri (the cancelli consisted of laths or iron bars slanting upward, with others laid obliquely across them; clathri consisted of wooden or iron bars, perpendicular and horizontal. The openings of the cancelli were larger, and shaped thus ♯; Vid: Varr., R.R., 33; those of the clathri were small, and had the shape of a square #; the cancelli served for fences, etc.; the clathri for smaller lattices; e.g., in windows, and were either moveable or fixed): transenna (a kind of lattice-work of wire, so small that it could scarcely be seen through; Cic., De Or., I, 85, extr.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for lattice?
- The usual Latin words for “lattice” are cancelli, clāthrī, trānsenna. 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.