English → Latin
“vessel” in Latin
vāsvessel, container, dish; vase; utensil, instrumentnāvisship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural; nave (middle or body of a church)vāsculuma small vessel or container; a small beehive; a seed-capsule or seed-vesselplēnusfull; filled; complete; full of; plump; bulkyargenteussilvern, silvery
The English word vessel itself goes back to Latin vās, through vāscellum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
vessel
receptacle, vas, vasis, neuter; diminutive, vasculum. An empty, full vessel, vas inane, plenum: a vessel of gold or silver, vas auro solidum (Tac.); vas ex argento fabrefactum (Liv.); plur., vasa aurea, argentea.
A ship, navis [Vid: SHIP].
In anatomy, vas; especially in the plur., vasa, -orum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for vessel?
- The usual Latin words for “vessel” are vās, nāvis, vāsculum; also plēnus, argenteus. 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.