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“shingles” in Latin
lītoreusshore; littorallūcidusclear, bright, shining, full of light; clear, perspicuous, lucidpellūcidustransparent, pellucid; very brightillūstrisbright, shining, brilliant, lustrous; clear, lucid; illustrious, distinguished, famous, prominentlūminōsusbright, luminous, full of lightnitidusshining, polished, glittering; handsome, beautiful, good-looking; healthy-looking, well conditionedniteōto be radiant, shine, look bright, glitter, sparkle, glisten; to be sleek or in good condition; to look flourishing or tsplendidussplendid, bright, glittering; distinguished, noble, illustriousfulgeōto blaze, flash, lighten, glitter, gleam, glare, glisten, shine; to be resplendent, illustrious, conspicuous (thanks to
The English word shingles itself goes back to Latin cingō, through cingulus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
shingles
Loose stones on a beach, perhaps lapilli litorales or (poetical) litorei.
A kind of disease, *zona morbus (technical term). SHINING.
PROP., lucidus (shining with a bright, pure light; opposed to obscurus): pellucidus (transparent, pellucid): illustris (existing in light; of a road, star, etc., Cic., Verr., 3, 94, 219): luminosus (having abundant light): nitidus, nitens (shining beautifully, with pure brightness): splendidus (shining with dazzling, splendid brightness): fulgens (blazing with fiery brightness; e.g., of a comet; opposed to sol nitidus).
Figuratively, Illustrious, Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for shingles?
- The usual Latin words for “shingles” are lītoreus, lūcidus, pellūcidus; also illūstris, lūminōsus, nitidus. 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.