English → Latin
“arable” in Latin
arābilisarable: able to be plowed, able to be farmed; capable of growing cropsnovālisunploughed or fallow land (or land ploughed for the first time)scīlicetof course, naturally, namely, to wit, evidently, certainly, undoubtedly, no doubt, doubtless, truly; that is to sayterradry land (as opposed to watery parts of the Earth); ground, floor (the surface of the land); earth, soil, dirt, clay, clsōlusalone, sole, only, by oneself with no others around; solitary, uninhabitedarvumfield; farm land
The English word arable itself goes back to Latin arō, through arābilis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
arable
arabilis (Plin., not as a general epithet of such land: campus nullis, cum siccus est, arabilis tauris). Arable land, ager novalis (Varr.), or novalis (scilicet, terra), or novale (scilicet, solum: all, a field or land that must be ploughed). Sometimes by arva, plur.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for arable?
- The usual Latin words for “arable” are arābilis, novālis, scīlicet; also terra, sōlus, arvum. 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.