English → Latin
“quarry” in Latin
lapicīdīnaestone quarrieslautumiastone quarry, especially one used as a prisoncaementumrough stone from the quarry; chips of marble; cement; mortar
The English word quarry itself goes back to Latin cor, through corata.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
quarry
A stone mine, lapicidinae (☞ not lapidicinae: ☞ lautumia or latomia, Plaut.; but afterward only as the name of the famous Syracusan prison, or of other similar prisons; Varr., L.L., 5, 32, 42; Liv., 37, 3, etc.): overseer or inspector of a quarry, lapicidinarius (Inscript., Orell., 3246): quarry stone, caementum; saxum caementicium (unhewn; opposed to quadratum).
Prey, Vid: QUARRYMAN, lapicida (Liv., Varr.); lapidum exemtor (Plin.): ☞ not lapidarius, in this sense, which is late.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for quarry?
- The usual Latin words for “quarry” are lapicīdīnae, lautumia, caementum. 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.