English → Latin
“pail” in Latin
situlaa voting urn (for drawing lots or holding voting tablets); loosely, a ballot boxmodioluscup (small drinking vessel); bucket of a water wheel; hub (of a wheel)hamaa water-bucket or pail (especially one for extinguishing fires), a firebucket
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
pail
situlus, situla (a pitcher-like vessel for wells, etc.): modiolus (a pail in hydraulic machines): hama (a pail for drawing and carrying water, especially a bucket of a fire-engine; Vid: Plin., Ep., 10, 35 (42), 2. According to Salmasius, it was in the shape of a boat).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for pail?
- The usual Latin words for “pail” are situla, modiolus, hama. 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.