English → Latin
“wainscot” in Latin
tabulāmentumboarding, flooringtabulātiōfloor, storey (made of planks)abacussquare board; sideboard; counting board, abacusFrontīnusa Roman surname.pariēsa wall; the wall of a house or roomcrustathe hard surface of a body; rind, shell, crust, bark, scab; plaster, mosaic or stucco work on a wall
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
wainscot s.
tabulamentum (Frontinus); *tabulatio (parietum); abaci (panels). ☞ The walls of Roman apartments were usually adorned with paintings or mosaic work (pictura de musivo; opus musivum); sometimes with slabs of marble (crustae), or black glass to set as to resemble mirrors (Plin., H.N., 35, 36).
wainscot v.
parietes tesseris operire (after Plin., 36, 6, 7).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for wainscot?
- The usual Latin words for “wainscot” are tabulāmentum, tabulātiō, abacus; also Frontīnus, pariēs, crusta. 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.