English → Latin
“beetle” in Latin
scarabaeusA scarab, black dung beetle, revered in Ancient Egypt.; A beetlepavīculaa rammertudesA hammer, mallettudiculōto stir, stir aboutfestūcastraw; stalk, stem; rod used to touch slaves in ceremonial manumissionbardusstupid, oafish, dull of apprehensiontrīstissad, unhappy, melancholy, morose; sorrowful, mournful; disagreeable, harsh, bitter (of taste)prōmineōto stand or jut out; to project, overhang; to be prominent; to bend or reach out (for), extend (to)prōcurrōto run or rush forwards; to advance; to jut outexcurrōto run out; to sally forth; to project, extend
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
beetle
scarabaeus (an insect).
Fistuca (a rammer to drive stakes into the ground): pavicula (an instrument used in paving, or in leveling the ground): tudes: tudicula (the latter used for pounding olives, Col.).
Beetle-headed, bardus: beetle-browed, tristi or torvo supercilio.
beetle v.
prominere: projici: projectum esse (e.g., of a town running out into the sea, in altum): procurrere, excurrere (ab aliqua re-in aliquid of peninsulas, etc., running out into the sea).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for beetle?
- The usual Latin words for “beetle” are scarabaeus, pavīcula, tudes; also tudiculō, festūca, bardus. 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.