English → Latin
“moon” in Latin
lūnaa moon; moonlight, moon shine; a monthmēnsaa table; a table of food; meal, course, feast; an altar (sacrificial table)satellesattendant, follower, guard, bodyguard; followers, train; accomplice, abettorprīmusfirst, early; chief, principal; most excellent, eminent; distinguished, noble; the first part of; the entrance, extremitintermēstrisbetween two monthsinterlūniuminterlunationintermēnstruusbetween two months
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
moon
luna (also, figuratively, of that which is shaped like a moon, especially like a half-moon, a crescent): mensis (a month): moons (or satellites) of other planets, satellites: the new moon, luna nova or prima; luna intermenstrua or intermestris: the time of the new moon, interlunium; (tempus) intermenstruum: at the new moon, cum inchoatur luna: always at the new moon, sub interlunia: moon in her first or second quarter, luna crescens: the full moon, luna plena; orbis lunae plenus: the time of the full moon, plenilunium: moon on the wane, luna decrescens or senescens: are the last quarter of the moon, luna decrescente or senescente: moon that shines all night, luna pernox: moon that rises late, luna sera: night without a moon, nox illunis: like a half-moon, lunatus: the moon is on the wane, luna minuitur, deminuitur, decrescit, or senescit: the moon is on the increase, luna crescit; luna impletur (is nearly full).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for moon?
- The usual Latin words for “moon” are lūna, mēnsa, satelles; also prīmus, intermēstris, interlūnium. 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.