English → Latin
“morsel” in Latin
offulalittle bit; a bite to eat; term of abuse for a bad slavefrustuma piece, bit; crumb, morsel, scrap of foodpauluma little, somewhatexiguusstrict, exact; paltry, inadequate, small, scanty, slight, littlePetrōniusof or pertaining to the gens Petronialautitiaelegance, splendour, magnificence; sumptuousness, luxurycuppēdiaa taste for delicacies; delicacies
The English word morsel itself goes back to Latin mordeō, through morsellum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
morsel
A mouthful, offula (Col.); offella, bucella (Mart.; frustulum, Apul.): a morsel of bread, mica panis (Petronius): delicate morsels, lautitiae (Suet.); bonae res (Nep., Ages., 8, 5); cupedia, -orum (Plaut.).
A small quantity, frustum; paululum (Cic.); exiguum (Plin.); also, by diminutives; e.g., my morsel of money, nummuli mei; vindemiolae nostrae (Cic.): he has not a morsel of brains, ne tantillum quidem sapit.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for morsel?
- The usual Latin words for “morsel” are offula, frustum, paulum; also exiguus, Petrōnius, lautitia. 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.