English → Latin
“sauce” in Latin
condīmentumA spice, seasoning.iūslaw, right; subjective right, individual right; court of lawliquorfluidity, liquidity; liquid, fluidliquāmenliquid mixture; fish saucesorbitiōsmall drink, potion, broth, etc.embammaA sauce
The English word sauce itself goes back to Latin saliō, through *salsa.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sauce
condimentum (that which seasons): jus: liquor: liquamen (gravy): sorbitio: embamma (poured over food, or in which food is dipped). Hunger is the best sauce, cibi condimentum fames est (Cic., De Fin., 2, 28, 90); malum panem tenerum tibi et siligineum fames reddet (Sen., Ep., 123, 2).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sauce?
- The usual Latin words for “sauce” are condīmentum, iūs, liquor; also liquāmen, sorbitiō, embamma. 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.