English → Latin
“sediment” in Latin
subsīdōto crouch, squat, sit down, set down, sink; to settle, subside; to crouch down on the watch, lie in wait, lie in ambushsedimentumA settling, sinking down, subsidencecrassāmentumthe thickness
The English word sediment itself goes back to Latin sedeō, through sedimentum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sediment
subsidentia, plur.; sedimentum: crassamentum: quae in aliqua re subsidunt (e.g., in urina). To deposit a sediment, habere quaedam subsidentia (Cels., 2, 5). Sediment of wine, faex vini
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sediment?
- The usual Latin words for “sediment” are subsīdō, sedimentum, crassāmentum. 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.