English → Latin
“mill” in Latin
molamillstone; mill; ground mealpistrīnummill; bakery; drudgery, oppressive labormŏletrīnaa millcatusclever, intelligent, sagacious, clear-thinking; cunning, crafty, sly; shrill, sharp, clear-soundingversātilisthat turns or moves around, revolving, movable; versatiletrūsātĭlisthat isaquawatermolōto grind or millpistrīnālisbelonging to a bakery
The English word mill itself goes back to Latin molō, through molīna.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mill
mola (moletrina, Cato, ap. Non. In ancient times they were turned either by the hand, mola manuaria, versatilis, or trusatilis; or by an ass, mola asinaria; by some other beast of draught, jumentaria; or by water, mill aquaria or aquae): pistrinum (the place or building where the grain was originally pounded in mortars, but afterward ground; it was also, the bakehouse, and place for foddering cattle. The mill being turned by slaves, it was also used as a place of punishment). To turn a mill, molas circumagere: belonging or relating to a mill, molaris; pistrinalis: the wheel of a mill turns, *molae rota agitatur: an ass that works in a mill, asinus molaris: a wind-mill, mola venti (after mola aquae, Cod. Just., 2, 42, 10).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mill?
- The usual Latin words for “mill” are mola, pistrīnum, mŏletrīna; also catus, versātilis, trūsātĭlis. 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.