English → Latin
“linen” in Latin
linteumlinen cloth; bedsheet; saillinteātusclothed in linenlinteuslinenlīneusof flax or linen; flaxen
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
linen s.
linteum. Pieces of linen, or linen clothes, lintea, -orum: dressed in linen, linteatus: of linen, linteus; lineus linen yarn, linum netum (Ulp., Dig., 32, 70, § 11): linen manufacture, ars lintearia (as an art, Inscript. Grut., p. 649, n. 4): the linen trade, *negotium lintearium (after Aurelius, Vict., De Vir., Ill., 72): negotiatio lintearia (Ulp., Dig., 14, 4, 5, § 15).
linen adj.
linteus; lineus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for linen?
- The usual Latin words for “linen” are linteum, linteātus, linteus; also līneus. 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.