What is the Latin word for barley?

The usual Latin words for “barley” are hordeum, hordeāceus, ptĭsăna; also ptĭsănārĭum. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“barley” in Latin

hordeumbarley hordeāceusbarley ptĭsănaBarley crushed and cleaned from the hulls ptĭsănārĭuma decoction of barley-groats

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

barley

hordeum: of barley, hordeaceus: barley-bread, panis bordeaceus: a field of barley, ager hordeo consitus: barley-corn, granum hordei: barley-meal, farina hordeacea; farina hordei: barley-sugar, alphanicum: barley-broth, ptisana (quae fit ex hordeo understood, Plin., 22, 25, 66): ptisanarium (Hor., Sat., 2, 3, 155): barley-water, hordeum in potum resolutum (Plin., 18, 7, 12, no. 3, § 68).

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What is the Latin word for barley?: The usual Latin words for “barley” are hordeum, hordeāceus, ptĭsăna; also ptĭsănārĭum. 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.