English → Latin
“stuff” in Latin
māteriamatter; material; component stuff; substance; timber; source, originsupellē̆xfurniture, furnishings; outfit, paraphernalia, apparatus, tools of the trade (things necessary for a particular occupatibonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant; right; usefulpannuscloth; rag; garmentnūgaejokes, jests; trifles; worthless peoplegerraewattled twigs; trifles, nonsenselāneuswoollencompleōto fill up, fill full, fill out; make up, complete; to cover, overwhelm; to occupy, set up a garrison (military)impleōto fill up or with, fill fully; cover, fulfill. (+ genitive, ablative, or accusative case); to satisfy, satiate; to makerepleōto fill again, refill, replenish; to make up for, complete, restore, supply; to fill, satisfy, satiate, sate
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
stuff s.
Matter, materies or materia.
Furniture or goods, supellex, supellectilis, feminine; bona, plur. (goods).
A kind of cloth, pannus (laneus, serious). A figured stuff, *textile sericum floribus distinctum.
Trash, nugae: gerrae.
stuff v.
complere: implere: replere (to fill): farcire (e.g., a cushion; also, in cookery): effarcire: refarcire. To stuff with anything, aliqua re pro tomento uti (to use a thing for stuffing): to stuff birds, *avium pelles effarciendo veris avibus assimulare: to stuff a garment (with wadding, etc.), *vestem linteo munire.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for stuff?
- The usual Latin words for “stuff” are māteria, supellē̆x, bonus; also pannus, nūgae, gerrae. 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.