English → Latin
“picture” in Latin
pingōto decorate, adorn, embellish; to paint, tint or colour; to portraytabellasmall board, tablet, or table (for writing); small piece of wood, board, plank, tray, trough; plaque, placard, signboardpīccapickaxe, pikeeffigiēscopy, imitation; likeness, portrait, image, effigy, statuedēpingōto depict, to paint, to portray, to represent by painting; to paint, to colour
The English word picture itself goes back to Latin pingō, through pictūra.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
picture s.
pictura; tabella (picta): picture of anybody, alicujus picta imago, effigies. Vid: PAINTING.
picture v.
pingere; depingere. To picture anything to one’s self, cogitatione sibi aliquid depingere. Vid: PAINT.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for picture?
- The usual Latin words for “picture” are pingō, tabella, pīcca; also effigiēs, dēpingō. 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.