English → Latin
“plummet” in Latin
perpendiculumplumbline, plummetLūcīliusGaius Ennius Lucilius (circa 180–103/2 BC), the earliest Roman satirist and a member of the Scipionic Circle; Lucilius B
The English word plummet itself goes back to Latin plumbum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
plummet
perpendiculum (a mason’s plummet; Vid: Cic., 2 Verr., 1, 51, 133; ad Quint., Fr., 3, 1, 1, § 2): perpendiculum nauticum (Dan.): cataprorates (the lead used at sea; Lucilius, ap. Isidor., 19, 4, § 10; Lindem. ☞ Catapirates is a false reading). To learn to use the plummet, perpendiculo uti discere: to try anything with the plummet, ad perpendiculum exigere aliquid: made straight by the plummet, ad perpendiculum directus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for plummet?
- The usual Latin words for “plummet” are perpendiculum, Lūcīlius. 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.