English → Latin
“skeleton” in Latin
osbone; bone as a metaphor for something deep within the body or frame, one’s innermost being or feeling, a generalized phhomō̆human, person, man; male human being, man; term of address to male peers, especially by another man: man, fellow, mate, senexold man, older man (typically age 40 or older; older than a iuvenis); old person, older person; as feminine old woman, o
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
skeleton
corpus nudis ossibus cohaerens (in plur. also nudis ossibus cohaerentia; Vid: Sen., Ep., 24, 17): ossa, -ium, neuter (the bones; e.g., belluae, lacertarum et serpentium). ☞ Sceletus, σκελετός, is = a dried body, a mummy; ☞ Apul., Met., 315, 2 and 9, with 314, 34, sq. He is a mere skeleton, vix ossibus haeret (Verg., Ecl., 3, 102); ossa atque pellis totus est (Plaut., Aul., 3, 6, 28). ImPROP., homo (e.g., senex) macie et squalore confectus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for skeleton?
- The usual Latin words for “skeleton” are os, homō̆, senex. 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.