What is the Latin word for lump?

The usual Latin words for “lump” are massa, glaeba, massŭla; also glaebula. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“lump” in Latin

massamass, bulk (of material); load, burden; dough glaebaclod (lump of earth); land, soil; lump, mass of stuff massŭlaa little lump glaebulaa small clod, a little lump (usually of soil); a small plot of land, a little farm

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

lump

massa (a shapeless mass): gleba (a clod of earth, or anything in that shape). A little lump, massula; glebula.

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What is the Latin word for lump?: The usual Latin words for “lump” are massa, glaeba, massŭla; also glaebula. 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.