English → Latin
“statue” in Latin
signumvisible indication: sign, mark, signal; seal, signet; emblem, ensignsimulācrumimage, likeness, statue, effigy, portrait; specter, ghost, phantom; mimicry, imitationstatuaa statue, especially one made of metaleffigiēscopy, imitation; likeness, portrait, image, effigy, statueHermēsa rectangular pillar or pedestal bearing a bust; a hermpingōto decorate, adorn, embellish; to paint, tint or colour; to portraypedesterwalking, pedestrian, on foot; of infantry, foot soldiers; prosaic, commonplacecōnstituōto place, put, locate, lay; to set up, establish, constitute, found; to build, erect, construct
The English word statue itself goes back to Latin statuō, through statua.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
statue
signum (any plastic work; opposed to tabula, pictura): simulacrum (image of a god; Vid: IMAGE): statua (full-sized image of a person, in marble or brass; ☞ never = the image of a god): effigies (a bust): herma or hermes (a statue of Mercury; then, general term, a statue representing only the head with part of the breast of a person, the trunk consisting merely of an oblong stone). A statue of brass, on horseback or on foot, statua aenea equestris or pedestris: to erect a statue to anyone, alicui statuam ponere, constituere: he stands like a statue, taciturnior est statua (after Hor., Ep., 2, 2, 83): to make a marble statue, facere alicujus simulacrum e marmore.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for statue?
- The usual Latin words for “statue” are signum, simulācrum, statua; also effigiēs, Hermēs, pingō. 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.