What is the Latin word for layer?

The usual Latin words for “layer” are sternō, tabulātus, trahō; also vīvirādīx, malleolus, surculus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“layer” in Latin

sternōto spread, stretch out, spread out; to calm, still, moderate; to cover, spread with, scatter with, bestrew with, besprin tabulātusfloored (having a floor)trahōto drag, pull; to trail; to extract, withdraw, derive, take away vīvirādīxa set or cutting having a root, a layer, a quickset malleolusA small hammer or mallet.; A mallet-shoot or hammer-shaped slip or cutting; literally, a “little hammer.” A propagation surculusshoot, sprout, sprig, twig; a scion, graft, a sucker, slip, set of a plant for growth; a small tree ōrdōa methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series; a class, station, condition, rank; a group or lapisstone; milestone; boundary stone prō̆pāgōset, layer, shoot (of a plant, for propagation); offspring, descendant, child; children, race, breed, stock, progeny; po

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

layer

A row, stratum; stratura (laid upon anything; e.g., of dung, earth, ap. Pallad.; Vid: Schneider, Ind. ad Scriptt. R.R., s., v.); tabulatum (when several things lie one on another); ordo (general term for row; e.g., lapidum) tractum, tracta (of a cake consisting of several layers): to make a layer, straturam, tabulatum facere: to put down a layer; e.g., of gravel, aliquid glarea substruere.

A shoot or twig laid for propagation, propago (general term) tradux; viviradix (with the root); malleolus (without the root, especially of the vine); surculus (a set or slip): to propagate by layers, propagare; traducere (of the vine): ☞ not immittere, i. e., to suffer to grow; opposed to amputare.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for layer?: The usual Latin words for “layer” are sternō, tabulātus, trahō; also vīvirādīx, malleolus, surculus. 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.