English → Latin
“bee” in Latin
apisbee (insect of the clade Anthophila)silvestrisOf or pertaining to a forest or wood; forested, wooded, overgrown with trees; rural, wild, living in forestsfūcusseaweed; orchil, orchella weed, Roccella tinctoria; red dye derived from it; (in general) dyestuff; rougegerulabearer, porter (female)sandaracasandarac, realgar; beebread; sandarac (bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions, stored in brood cells)cērinthusbeebread; sandarac (bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions, stored in brood cells)subolēsshoot, sucker; offspring, race, progeny; baby, infant, child
The English word bee itself goes back to Latin bē.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bee
apis: little bee, apicula: tame bees, apes cicures; wild, apes ferae or silvestres: the male bee, fucus: the bees that gather honey, (apes) gerulae: food for bees, cibus apium; sandaraca, cerinthus: young bees, apium fetus or soboles; pullities: bee-eater, merops apiaster (Liv.): bee-fancier, apium amore captus; apes colens: bee-hives, apiurium; alvearium: queen-bee, regina apium: the ancients took the queen-bee for a male, and thence called her rex or regulus apium: a single hive, alvus or alveus; vasculum; domicilium; tectum (apium): a swarm of bees, examen (apium): the management of bees, apium educatio; apium cura or cultus; alveorum cura: the hum of a bee, bombus: the sting of a bee, ictus apis; aculeus; spiculum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bee?
- The usual Latin words for “bee” are apis, silvestris, fūcus; also gerula, sandaraca, cērinthus. 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.