Question for the hivemind

[tanuki_green]

Hey all y'all! I've been on a quest today in search of latin words for certain things. Specifically, I'm looking for the latin words for caffeine and/or coffee.

I have found no equivilent word for caffeine so far. This is the word I most want to see a translation for. Seriously, how does one go to the Vatican and as for the beverage with the most caffeine? There has to be a way.

The closest I have found for coffee is 'capulus' which also means either coffin or sword and I see the possibility for much confusion there.

I did find one place where coffee was translated to 'coffeum' but I fin this highly suspect.

So, hivemind, what do you know about latin that I don't where it comes to my coffee / caffeine?

Comments

[tibicina]

Well, there isn't a classical Latin word as they didn't have coffee or caffeine. That said, the Vatican puts out an updated Latin dictionary every year with words to cover modern things. I just don't know how to actually get a copy of it. (I know it exists because one of my favorite people at my high school had done things like label her fax machine with the official approved Latin.)

Stimulant is Stimulus, -i, m 1st delcension. I'd use that. (Okay, also irritamentum, irritamen, but I don't thik that has the connotation you're looking for.)

Coffeum is actually quite possibly correct. The 'new latin' words are generally not all that imaginative. No matter how amusing it is to say 'da mihi cocam-colam'.