English → Latin
“shovel” in Latin
pālaA shovel, spade.; blade; The bezel of a ring.batilluma shovel; a firepan, chafing dishventilābrumwinnowing fork or shovel
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
shovel s.
pala (general term): batillum or batillus (especially a fire-shovel): ventilabrum (for shoveling corn, etc.). Shovelfull, pala plena.
shovel v.
batillo tollere (to shovel away coals, etc.): *pala tollere (to shovel away anything).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for shovel?
- The usual Latin words for “shovel” are pāla, batillum, ventilābrum. 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.