English → Latin
“mosaic” in Latin
mūsīvummosaicexōrnōto equip, furnish, supply, provide; to adorn, embellishăsărōtuma floor laid in mosaicStātiusa masculine praenomen, famously held by
The English word mosaic itself goes back to Latin mūsēum, through musaicum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mosaic
opus museum (inscription, or simply museum, Plin., or musivum, Spart.): opus tessellatum (with small dice and stones, especially of colored marble, as a pavement, also lithostrotum: ☞ opus sectile denotes work in larger pieces of colored marble): a mosaic pavement, pavimentum tessellatum; pavimentum tessellis or vermiculatis crustis or crustulis stratum or exornatum; asarotum (Statius).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mosaic?
- The usual Latin words for “mosaic” are mūsīvum, exōrnō, ăsărōtum; also Stātius. 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.