English → Latin
“mould” in Latin
terradry land (as opposed to watery parts of the Earth); ground, floor (the surface of the land); earth, soil, dirt, clay, clhumusground, floor; earth, soilsinōto let; to permit; to allow; to put; to lay; to set downmūcorbread-mold, moldiness; wine-mustpūtrēdōputrefaction, rottennessfōrmaform; figure, shape, appearance; fine form; beauty; outline, plan, designfōrmulashape, outline; form; beauty; pattern, mould; paradigmtenersoft, delicate, tender; young, youthful; effeminate, sensitivefingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough); to touch, touch gently, stroke, stroke gently, handle; to adorn, dress, arrangeeffingōto form, fashion; to represent, portray, express, depict; imitate, copy; to wipe out, wipe clean
The English word mould itself goes back to Latin modus, through modulus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
mould s.
Soil, terra, humus: rich mould, terra gravis, humus pinguis: light mould, terra facilis, humus levis: loose mould, terra resoluta; humus soluta: fine mould, humus minuta, tenera.
A damp concretion, situs; mucor (mustiness): putredo (rottenness, ☞ late): to smell of mould, situm redolere: to contract mould, situm ducere.
Form, forma (Plin.; formae in quibus aera funduntur); formula (Ammianus): to be cast in the same mould, una forma percussos esse (Sen., Ep., 34).
mould v.
PROP., To fashion, form, fingere, effingere, confingere, formare, figurare, aliquid (ex argella, e cera, ex aliqua materia).
Figuratively, fingere; effingere; formare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for mould?
- The usual Latin words for “mould” are terra, humus, sinō; also mūcor, pūtrēdō, fōrma. 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.