English → Latin
“skiff” in Latin
scaphaa light boat; skiffcymbaA boat, skiff, Pliny ascribes its invention to the Phoenicians; especially the small boat used by Charon to ferry the dealveushollow, cavity; hollow, deep vessel, basket, trough, tray; deep cavity, excavation; hold, hulllembusa cutter, yacht; a ship built for speedlintertank, tub, trough, vat, washtub; small, lightweight boat, skiff, canoe, wherrynāvisship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural; nave (middle or body of a church)nāvĭgĭŏluma small vessel, a bark. boatactŭārĭŏluma smalllēnōpimp, procurer; seducernāvigiumvessel, ship, boat
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
skiff s.
scapha (especially a ship’s boat): cymba (a small boat to navigate a lake, for fishing, etc.): alveus; lembus (flat-bottomed): linter (canoe): navicula: navigiolum: actuariolum: lenunculus. Sometimes navis: navigium.
skiff v.
*scaphā or cymbā navigare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for skiff?
- The usual Latin words for “skiff” are scapha, cymba, alveus; also lembus, linter, nāvis. 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.