English → Latin
“sop” in Latin
embammaA saucelacmilk; for something sweet, pleasant; milky juiceintingōto dip, plunge in; to soak; to saturatecatusclever, intelligent, sagacious, clear-thinking; cunning, crafty, sly; shrill, sharp, clear-sounding
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sop s.
*frustum in aqua (embammate, lacte, etc.) intinctum. A sop to Cerberus, *quasi Cerbero offam objicere (the proverb being taken from Verg., Aen, 6, 420).
sop v.
intingere aliquid in aqua, lacte, etc.: macerare in aliquam rem (Cato, aliqua re).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sop?
- The usual Latin words for “sop” are embamma, lac, intingō; also catus. 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.