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“marble” in Latin
marmora block or piece of marble; pulverized marble, marble dust; a marble pavementmarmoreusof, pertaining to, made or consisting of marble; resembling marble, marblelike; adorned with statuesmarmŏrōsuslike marble, hard as marblefaciōto do (particularly as a specific instance or occasion of doing); to make, construct, fashion, frame, build, erect; to m
The English word marble itself goes back to Latin marmor.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
marble s.
marmor: of marble, marmoreus: as hard as marble, marmorosus: to break marble, marmor caedere: to saw marble, marmor secare: to cut marble into slabs, marmor in crustas secare: to overlay with marble, marmoris crustis operire (☞ marmorare late): a block of marble, gleua marmoris: in connection also, gleba unius lapidis (Plin., 36, 4, 5).
marble adj.
marmoreus; e marmore (factus).
marble v.
*marmori maculoso simile facere aliquid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for marble?
- The usual Latin words for “marble” are marmor, marmoreus, marmŏrōsus; also faciō. 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.