English → Latin
“solid” in Latin
dēnsusdense, compact; crowded, close; frequentcondēnsusvery dense; crowded, packedspissusthick, close, compact, dense, crowded; slow, tardy, late; hard, difficultsolidusdense, solid, not hollow; whole, entire, thorough, full; firmcōnferciōto fill completely, stuff full ofartusnarrow; close; fitted; confined; dense; severe; strict; scanty; briefpremōto press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm; to tighten, compress, shorten, press closely, squeeze; to make,brevisshort, small, little, narrow; brief, short; short, low, shallowperviushaving a passage through; passable, penetrable, traversabledoctrīnateaching, instruction; learning, erudition; doctrine, theory
The English word solid itself goes back to Latin solidus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
solid
densus: condensus (consisting of compressed parts; opposed to rarus): spissus (consisting of parts so compressed, that scarcely any interstices are visible; almost impervious, impenetrable; opposed to solutus): solidus (consisting of a firm mass, massive; opposed to cassus, pervius): confertus (pressed together, crammed, as it were; opposed to rarus): artior or arctior (compressed into a small space): pressus (of an orator’s style, concise, nervous): brevis (also of style, etc.). Solid food, cibus plenus: solid learning, doctrina or eruditio accurata, subtilis, recondita, exquisita (☞ not solida; yet solida gloria, solida utilitas are correct). To make solid (according to the above distinctions), densare: condensare: spissare: conspissare: solidare: to become solid, densari, etc. (passive of the above verbs); spissescere: solidescere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for solid?
- The usual Latin words for “solid” are dēnsus, condēnsus, spissus; also solidus, cōnferciō, artus. 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.