English → Latin
“stew” in Latin
molliōto soften, make soft, make calm, moderate, mitigate, mollify; to make unmanly or effeminatelupānarbrothel, whore-houselustrumbog, morass, place where boars and swine wallow; den or lair of wild beasts; wood, forest; (a place of) debaucheryfornixarch, vaultstabulumdwelling, habitation; stall, stable; hutangustĭaesingdifficultāsdifficulty, distress, trouble, hardshipincertusuncertain, doubtful, not sure, unsure; not knowing, doubting (said of persons); not known, obscure (said of things)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
stew v.
*incluso intus vapore excoquere: *testa tecta vapore suo aliquid mitigare: *in olla clausa coquere.
stew s.
Stewed meat, *carnes vapore suo temperatae, mollitae (Bau.).
A brothel, lupanar: lustrum: fornix: stabulum.
(Colloquially)(Colloquially). Difficulty, angustiae: difficultas. To be in a stew, angustius se habere; in angustiis esse (to be harassed with difficulties); perturbatum esse (to be perplexed or confused); incertus or dubius sum, quid faciam; nescio quid agam; nescio quid agam, quo me vertam (not to know what to do, or whither to turn): to put anybody in a stew, aliquem or alicujus animum perturbare or conturbare; aliquem in angustias adducere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for stew?
- The usual Latin words for “stew” are molliō, lupānar, lustrum; also fornix, stabulum, angustĭae. 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.