English → Latin
“mat” in Latin
tegōto cover; to clothe; to conceal, hide, protectstrāguluscoveringstoreamat (of rush or straw)mattaA mat made of rushestextorweaver (male)
The English word mat itself goes back to Latin matta.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mat
teges (Varr.); stragulum (Plin.); storea (of straw, Liv.); matta (Ov.): a mat-maker, mattarum, storearum, textor.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mat?
- The usual Latin words for “mat” are tegō, strāgulus, storea; also matta, textor. 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.